The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores

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Many students have no choice about working with the College Board, the company that administers the SAT test and Advanced Placement exams. Part of that relationship involves a long history of privacy issues. Tests by Gizmodo found if you use some of the handy search tools promoted by College Board’s website, the…

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How to log out of your Facebook account on every device, or on all devices at once from your account settings

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It only takes a few steps to sign out of your Facebook account on any device.

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AI is about to turn the internet into a total nightmare

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AI bots and AI-generated content are flooding the internet with spam, scams, and misinformation. And it's making it a nightmare to be online.

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Cult of the Dead Cow Wants to Save Internet Privacy with a New Encryption Protocol

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The Cult of the Dead Cow, one of the most influential hacktivist groups on the web, announced plans Wednesday to launch an end-to-end encrypted protocol that can be used for app development.

Behold, the Orb: I can't stop thinking about Sam Altman's dystopian eyeball-scanning device

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Worldcoin's Orb is popping up in a number of cities, lending what some online have called a dystopian air to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's project.

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The ESRB Wants to Scan Gamers' Faces to Verify Their Ages

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is seeking approval from the FTC to implement facial age estimation technology to stop kids skirting parental controls. If the industry’s self-regulating body gets its way, kids and their parents may need to get used to taking selfies to sign up for games.

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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

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Saudis walk next to a portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Riyadh Season Boulevard in the Saudi capital.

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Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.

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Lawmakers Urge Biden to End 'Warrantless Government Surveillance' of Sensitive Health Data

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More than three dozen members of Congress have signed a letter pressuring the Biden administration to step up and close an oversight in federal privacy law that allows law enforcement to obtain access to abortion records and other sensitive health data without a warrant.

UN Warns Unregulated Neurotechnology Threatens 'Freedom of Thought'

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The UN is advising against neurotechnology using unregulated AI chip implantations, saying it poses a grave risk to people’s mental privacy.

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