Security News

OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns
2025-02-22 05:17

OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used its ChatGPT tool to develop a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tool. The social media listening tool...

Atlas of Surveillance
2025-02-17 16:35

The EFF has released its Atlas of Surveillance, which documents police surveillance technology across the US.

The UK’s secret iCloud backdoor request: A dangerous step toward Orwellian mass surveillance
2025-02-13 05:30

The United Kingdom government has secretly requested that Apple build a backdoor into its iCloud service, granting the government unrestricted access to users’ private data. This revelation deeply...

Court rules FISA Section 702 surveillance of US resident was unconstitutional
2025-01-24 04:31

'Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying' says judge It was revealed this week a court in New York made a landmark ruling that sided against the warrantless state surveillance...

How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system
2024-12-08 17:00

'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online - and even...

The workplace has become a surveillance state
2024-11-27 08:31

Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices Office buildings have become like web browsers – they're full of tracking technology, a trend...

New LightSpy Spyware Version Targets iPhones with Increased Surveillance Tactics
2024-10-31 15:00

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an improved version of an Apple iOS spyware called LightSpy that not only expands on its functionality, but also incorporates destructive capabilities to...

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules
2024-10-26 05:30

US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday published guidance advising...

No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom
2024-09-19 21:48

Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals Buried beneath the endless feeds and attention-grabbing videos of the modern internet is a network of data harvesting and...

FTC exposes massive surveillance of kids, teens by social media giants
2024-09-19 17:16

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report has found that social media and video streaming companies have been engaging in widespread user surveillance, particularly of children and teens, with...