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  1. Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, an independent testing firm, Google confirmed, in what the Wall Street Journal first reported as the first known such breakout by a Google AI system. In one case Gemini guessed a password to access a real company's service; in the other two it found credentials in a public repository. Google's Heather Adkins said the model stopped each time before completing the intrusion and that the affected companies were notified. Similar incidents involving Irregular tests have previously been disclosed by Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

    reuters.com/business/gemini-ha

    #AI #InfoSec #DigitalRights #Surveillance

  2. Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, an independent testing firm, Google confirmed, in what the Wall Street Journal first reported as the first known such breakout by a Google AI system. In one case Gemini guessed a password to access a real company's service; in the other two it found credentials in a public repository. Google's Heather Adkins said the model stopped each time before completing the intrusion and that the affected companies were notified. Similar incidents involving Irregular tests have previously been disclosed by Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

    reuters.com/business/gemini-ha

    #AI #InfoSec #DigitalRights #Surveillance

  3. Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, an independent testing firm, Google confirmed, in what the Wall Street Journal first reported as the first known such breakout by a Google AI system. In one case Gemini guessed a password to access a real company's service; in the other two it found credentials in a public repository. Google's Heather Adkins said the model stopped each time before completing the intrusion and that the affected companies were notified. Similar incidents involving Irregular tests have previously been disclosed by Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

    reuters.com/business/gemini-ha

    #AI #InfoSec #DigitalRights #Surveillance

  4. Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, an independent testing firm, Google confirmed, in what the Wall Street Journal first reported as the first known such breakout by a Google AI system. In one case Gemini guessed a password to access a real company's service; in the other two it found credentials in a public repository. Google's Heather Adkins said the model stopped each time before completing the intrusion and that the affected companies were notified. Similar incidents involving Irregular tests have previously been disclosed by Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

    reuters.com/business/gemini-ha

    #AI #InfoSec #DigitalRights #Surveillance

  5. Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, an independent testing firm, Google confirmed, in what the Wall Street Journal first reported as the first known such breakout by a Google AI system. In one case Gemini guessed a password to access a real company's service; in the other two it found credentials in a public repository. Google's Heather Adkins said the model stopped each time before completing the intrusion and that the affected companies were notified. Similar incidents involving Irregular tests have previously been disclosed by Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

    reuters.com/business/gemini-ha

    #AI #InfoSec #DigitalRights #Surveillance

  6. A very sad story about #surveillance, #AI, and #conditional #welfare support.

    “Does being low-income mean you are not allowed to enjoy things you like?,” asked one person.

    edition.cnn.com/2026/09/17/chi

    I am a supporter of an #unconditional #basicincome.

    #UBI

  7. Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
    By Aisha Down and Pjotr Sauer

    Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Russia #Socialmedia #Surveillance #Privacy #Worldnews #Apps #Digitalmedia #Europe #Censorship #Dataprotection #Chatandmessagingapps #TheGuardian #AishaDown #PjotrSauer

  8. Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
    By Aisha Down and Pjotr Sauer

    Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Russia #Socialmedia #Surveillance #Privacy #Worldnews #Apps #Digitalmedia #Europe #Censorship #Dataprotection #Chatandmessagingapps #TheGuardian #AishaDown #PjotrSauer

  9. Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
    By Aisha Down and Pjotr Sauer

    Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Russia #Socialmedia #Surveillance #Privacy #Worldnews #Apps #Digitalmedia #Europe #Censorship #Dataprotection #Chatandmessagingapps #TheGuardian #AishaDown #PjotrSauer

  10. Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
    By Aisha Down and Pjotr Sauer

    Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Russia #Socialmedia #Surveillance #Privacy #Worldnews #Apps #Digitalmedia #Europe #Censorship #Dataprotection #Chatandmessagingapps #TheGuardian #AishaDown #PjotrSauer

  11. Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week

    My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent #Nepal/Tibet #floods

    Details: ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26

    #tech #disinformation

  12. Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week

    My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent #Nepal/Tibet #floods

    Details: ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26

    #tech #disinformation

  13. Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week

    My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent #Nepal/Tibet #floods

    Details: ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26

    #tech #disinformation

  14. Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week

    My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent #Nepal/Tibet #floods

    Details: ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26

    #tech #disinformation

  15. Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week

    My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent #Nepal/Tibet #floods

    Details: ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26

    #tech #disinformation

  16. "Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer given to a high profile activist who is currently fighting a case in which he allegedly wiped a security-focused Android phone before Customs and Border Protection (CBP) could search it. The case, which 404 Media first covered and has now received widespread and national attention, has important ramifications for privacy and when someone can still be charged with an offense even if authorities don’t have suspicion of any specific crime.

    Earlier this month, activist Samuel Tunick and a group of supporters delivered a “demand letter” to the university. That letter, which Tunick shared with 404 Media, says he explained to the university he was facing a pending charge, which he describes as “an instance of textbook political repression, and a high profile civil liberties case.”"

    404media.co/university-rescind

    #USA #GrapheneOS #Surveillance #PoliceState #Android #DHS

  17. "Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer given to a high profile activist who is currently fighting a case in which he allegedly wiped a security-focused Android phone before Customs and Border Protection (CBP) could search it. The case, which 404 Media first covered and has now received widespread and national attention, has important ramifications for privacy and when someone can still be charged with an offense even if authorities don’t have suspicion of any specific crime.

    Earlier this month, activist Samuel Tunick and a group of supporters delivered a “demand letter” to the university. That letter, which Tunick shared with 404 Media, says he explained to the university he was facing a pending charge, which he describes as “an instance of textbook political repression, and a high profile civil liberties case.”"

    404media.co/university-rescind

    #USA #GrapheneOS #Surveillance #PoliceState #Android #DHS

  18. "Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer given to a high profile activist who is currently fighting a case in which he allegedly wiped a security-focused Android phone before Customs and Border Protection (CBP) could search it. The case, which 404 Media first covered and has now received widespread and national attention, has important ramifications for privacy and when someone can still be charged with an offense even if authorities don’t have suspicion of any specific crime.

    Earlier this month, activist Samuel Tunick and a group of supporters delivered a “demand letter” to the university. That letter, which Tunick shared with 404 Media, says he explained to the university he was facing a pending charge, which he describes as “an instance of textbook political repression, and a high profile civil liberties case.”"

    404media.co/university-rescind

    #USA #GrapheneOS #Surveillance #PoliceState #Android #DHS

  19. One camera, twenty-one days: 50,200 cars photographed, 1.6 million images. Plate, make, model, color — and bumper stickers.

    Flock spent $2M lobbying, then called taking the camera down the crime.

    Fuck #Flock

    thistleandmoss.com/p...

    #Surveillance #Privacy #Police #CivilLiberties #Politics #News

    Count the Motherfuckers Back: ...