Peter Thiel Thinks the Antichrist Is ‘Someone Like’ This AI Doomer That He Funded

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Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

California Lets Residents Opt-Out of a Ton of Data Collection on the Web

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Microsoft Probing Whether Israel Used Its Cloud to Build Palestinian Surveillance System

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U.S. May Support ‘Global Surveillance’ Treaty Hated by Everyone but Authoritarian Governments

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AI expert Gary Marcus thinks OpenAI will be the 'most Orwellian company of all time'

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AI skeptics worry the tech could be used to create a surveillance nightmare.

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Pitch Deck Gives New Details on Company’s Plan to Listen to Your Devices for Ad Targeting

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My home insurer is spying on me

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A drone abducts a man from his house, against a starry black night.

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A school used facial recognition tech for cafeteria payments. An internet law expert says it's rarely worth the risk.

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A high school in southeast England illegally used facial recognition technology to take cashless lunch payments from students aged 11-18.

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Ebay Seller Offers $100,000 Stingray Device So You Can Track Your Friends and Enemies

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You can find a lot of weird shit for sale on eBay, including, apparently, a used police Harris Stingray that could allow you to intercept the cellular traffic of your friends and enemies.

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The Feds Have Another Way to Spy on Your Mail

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A little-known U.S. Postal Service program dubbed the “mail covers program” has long provided information about certain Americans’ mail to federal law enforcement agencies, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

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