Your Portal to Privacy Invasion

Your Portal to Privacy Invasion

In the wake of ongoing privacy breaches, releasing Facebook’s newest offering, a videophone with an auto-tracking camera, takes a lot of chutzpah.

By Michael Bugeja | November 1, 2018 | Media, Privacy | Alexa, Amazon, Data Breach, Facebook, Hacking, Interpersonal Divide, Michael Bugeja, Portal, Privacy, surveillance

Genetic Testing Kits: Unprecedented Privacy Risks

Consumer genetic testing puts sensitive, irreplaceable data about you—and unwitting members of your family—in places you can’t control.

By Sarah Russo | August 1, 2018 | Ethics, Genetics, Health, Identity, Law, Medicine, Policing, Privacy, Society | 23andMe, Abuse, Ancestry.com, Biology, Center for Genetics and Society, China, Crime, Databases, Discrimination, DNA, Genentech, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Hacking, Katie Hasson, Patent, Privacy, Profit, Race, Racism, surveillance, The Human Genome

New AI Paper Warns of Malicious Intent

A new report on AI examines what might happen when bad actors deliberately misuse the technology. Despite its importance, politicians may not be paying attention.

By Art Keller | April 4, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Government, Law, Prediction, Security | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Assassination, Autonomous Systems, Cambridge, Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Cyberwarfare, Danger, EFF, Ethics, Future of Humanity Institute, Hacking, IEEE, Impersonation, Insider Threat, Intelligence, Malware, Nicolas Economou, Oxford, Phishing, Politics, Research, Sabotage, Scott Amyx, Totalitarianism

US Intelligence Stockpiles Cybersecurity Flaws, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable

US intelligence agencies are still hoarding “zero-day” cybersecurity vulnerabilities, making everyone less safe online while creating a market for unethical hackers.