Switzerland has been known for being a privacy haven for decades. For years it wouldn’t even reveal banking information to law enforcement except under really limited conditions. That is now distant history. But now Switzerland is joining countries like Russia and China and instituting the ability to mass surveil its population (and even foreigners who […]
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Batteries are used to store energy produced by photocells for when the sun isn’t shining. DoD base Camp Lejeune used Duke to install a battery energy storage system or BESS made by Japanese company Toshiba, but the batteries in the system are Chinese and send data back to China, Researchers have also shown that they […]
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Two cables linking Europe to the Middle East and Asia have reportedly been damaged in the Red Sea affecting Internet traffic between these locations. While cable cuts happen periodically, this one seems a bit suspicious. In the past the Houthis have claimed they did not do this, that is kind of like Jeffrey Dahmer saying […]
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Qantas posted a notice on its web site in July that a cyber attack exposed data of about 6 million customers. The data included names, emails phone numbers and birth dates but no financial or passport info, so in the grand scheme of cyber attacks, there have been a lot worse. “The incident occurred when a cyber […]
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AI can write lies very quickly. Are you prepared? An AI faked major publications Wired, Business Insider and Index on Censorship. The AI called herself Margaux Blanchard. Margaux Blanchard doesn’t exist. But her articles got published anyway. The AI invented experts. invented places. Invented quotes. The AI pitched a story about a town named Gravemont. This […]
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This is a battle that has been going on for decades. But now AI is ramping up the battle with velocity. Piracy of content on the Internet is a big problem, especially for people who make a living from posting content on the Internet. An example of this is adult content, but that is certainly […]
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