Category «Internet»

LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy

Ars Technica: “Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said. The finding, from a recently published research paper, is based on results of experiments correlating specific individuals with accounts …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

I replaced Google Contacts with an open-source one, and my privacy thanks me

MakeUseOf: “Your phone’s contact list is, in a way, one of the most intimate things you own. It holds the names, numbers, and sometimes addresses of everyone you care about. I’m talking about your family, your doctor, your oldest friend, your enemies, etc. And yet, by default, that entire list sits exposed in Android’s shared …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Archive Box

ArchiveBox is a powerful, self-hosted internet archiving solution to collect, save, and view websites offline. “Without active preservation effort, everything on the internet eventually disappears or degrades. Archive.org does a great job as a centralized service, but saved URLs have to be public, and they can’t save every type of content. ArchiveBox is an open …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

10 Hacks Every Facebook User Should Know

LifeHacker: “Facebook is clearly no longer the hot social media property it once was—younger generations are now far more likely to spend their time on TikTok, Snapchat, or Instagram—but there are still billions of people logging into the Facebook site and mobile apps each month. During its 20+ years of existence, Facebook has added a …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Open AI and Anthropic respond to Defense Department demands differently

The Verge (Gift Article): How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance. “Across social media and the AI industry, people immediately began to challenge Altman’s claim. Why, they asked, would the Pentagon suddenly agree to these red lines when it had said — in no uncertain terms — that it would never do so? …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Major Data Brokers Tried to Hide Their Opt-Out Pages From Search Engines

PC Mag: “Four data brokers have made their opt-out pages easier for internet users to find after a US senator’s investigation found the pages had been hidden from search engines.  Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) made the announcement on Friday after she pressured data brokers to make changes. “Hiding or burying opt-out options for data collection” …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Government, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Epstein emails over the course of 19 years

Follow up to AI-Powered Epstein Files Research Databases and Data Explorers – See also Epstein emails Published on 2025-11-23 via Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) Type: Leak, Limited Distribution Download Size: 2.50 GB Download: Link Download 2: Link External Collaboration Link: Link “Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

“If You’re Very Clever, No One Knows You’ve Used It”

“If You’re Very Clever, No One Knows You’ve Used It”: The Social Dynamics of Developing Generative AI Literacy in the Workplace Generative AI (GenAI) tools are rapidly transforming knowledge work, making AI literacy a critical priority for organizations. However, research on AI literacy lacks empirical insight into how knowledge workers’ beliefs around GenAI literacy are …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

A visual archive of Jan. 6, 2021 through the lenses of those who were there.

“In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, American political leaders almost universally condemned the riot as an act of domestic terrorism that threatened democracy. Now, President Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love” and the rioters “great patriots.” And since he issued mass pardons to the rioters, …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research