US water utilities are an interesting group. Let us talk about Colorado. Denver Water was founded in 1918, has a budget of $700 million according to Wikipedia and has over 1100 employees. It serves a million and a half people. Indian Hills water district, by comparison, has a budget of $400,000. From what I understand […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.10.25 Security News Bites Flock Surveillance Camera Company Now Detects Voices The company that sells nationwide surveillance using license plate readers now also detects gunshots and voices. I think the idea is to detect voices like “Help Police!”, but it is getting a bit scary. You, of course, have no control over this as the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.03.25 Security News Bites Flock Surveillance Camera Network CEO Says Privacy is Not his Problem Flock Safety is the operator of a nationwide network of surveillance cameras that read and correlate license plates wherever they may be. Cops and pretty much anyone else whose check clears can participate. The feds use it to track people […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI is very young and immature in the grand scheme of things. Even though we are investing billions into AI, companies are spending it on bright shiny features, not security. We saw this recently when it was revealed that Expedia’s AI chatbot could find you a deal on a hotel room. OR. Teach you how to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is exactly what some folks in Congress tried to prevent when they tried but failed to ban state AI safety laws. California is only one state enacting such laws, but time will tell how this ends up. The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA) tells AI companies to implement and also disclose publicly, safety protocols […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We have known since the beginning of the war with Ukraine that Russian soldiers are expendable and useful as “canon fodder”. Now we are learning that so are their hackers. Well, actually, the Russian hackers are recruiting foreigners to do the dirty work for them so that they can be arrested instead. In one case, […]
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