Security researchers convinced six AI browsers they were playing a game. The browsers then handed over their users’ passwords and treated it as a win. The firm behind it, LayerX, calls the technique BioShocking, and says it worked on every agent it tri…
The project ran under the internal name Cannes, and a Meta contractor called Covalen managed it. WIRED reported that hundreds of contractors created dummy under-18 accounts. They sent prompts and images to competitors’ chatbots, then logged the replies…
Your browser has been busy on your behalf. This week brought two reminders that Chrome can put things on your machine you never agreed to. One came from Google. One came from an impostor. Both used the same quiet machinery. Chrome runs on billions of d…
Your phone keeps a minute-by-minute diary of where you go. The US Supreme Court has now ruled that police cannot simply demand it. In a major win for digital privacy, the court said geofence searches need a warrant. The 6-3 decision lands on a practice…
The Supreme Court’s decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.
Most people call them automated licence plate readers, or ALPRs. They sit beside roads and log every car that passes. Flock Safety dominates the market. Engadget reports that Flock makes the vast majority of the 100,000-plus readers now blanketing the …
A pixel has always done one job. On a screen it emits light to build a picture. In a camera it absorbs light to record one. A team in Switzerland has now made one that does both. Researchers at ETH Zurich have built the first bidirectional pixel, in wo…
Peter Diamandis is the latest tech executive to argue that global surveillance will make the world a better place, following Larry Ellison’s comments in 2024.
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government.
Claude’s chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity “in certain circumstances,” such as with a passport or driver’s license, according to a privacy policy change.