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LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (476+ words) Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn’t allege any real privacy violation. “The federal court determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the LinkedIn users’ claims,” Howell told Ars today. “The court did not adjudicate whether LinkedIn’s surveillance practices were lawful....
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
1+ week, 1+ day ago (318+ words) In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test. Self-identifying OpenAI agents posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions during what was likely internal testing designed to gauge…...
US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (350+ words) Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying. A prominent US senator is asking the National Security Agency to provide guidance to the general public on best practices for using virtual private networks to secure their…...
I rented a car, and within hours my driver's license was for sale
1+ week, 3+ day ago (165+ words) The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time. Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan…...