As required by the experts, the United Kingdom residents have started to download virtual private networks (VPN) en masse, allowing them to circumvent the verification of age, which can request users to load their government IDs, making it seem as if they were in a different country. The United Kingdom online security law is only a part of a wave of age verification efforts all over the world. And while these laws can prevent some children from accessing adult content, some experts warn that they also create risks for safety and privacy for everyone.
The hacking group supported by Russia Turla is known for its bold and creative attacks, such as masking their communications through satellite or piggybacking on the attacks of other hackers to avoid detection. The group, which is part of Russia FSB Intelligence Agency, is now using its access to the country’s internet suppliers to induce foreign officials in the download of spyware that breaks the encryption, allowing Turla’s hackers to access their private information.
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Google is launching a system of estimate by age based on artificial intelligence to apply the protections of the content to research and youtube, also for users who have not provided their age. The system is launching in the EU, where digital security rules impose that platforms take measures to protect minors from potentially harmful content.
Instead of relying exclusively on the user’s input data, Google says that it will affect age using a “variety of signals” and other metadata to determine if a user should be shown limited results. Privacy supporters say that the move risks inaccuracies and raises questions about transparency and consent.
Google says that the changes are aligned with regulatory expectations and will help protect younger users from inappropriate content. However, the idea that the platforms can infer algorithmically personal traits such as age and limit content based exclusively on these hypotheses-a new ruga with long-standing debates on moderation, censorship and digital privacy.
Only 24 hours after the appointment of Jen Easterly as an illustrious West Point chair in the Social Sciences, the army has canceled the appointment following the extreme right criticisms. The former director and Alume of the Cisa) and Academy Agency and Academy Allum of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) for his decades of service. But the repercussions broke out online after the activist Laura Loomer said that Easterly had ties to the governance council of disinformation of the biden era.
Nina Jankowicz, who was executive director of the Board of Directors, denied having worked with Easterly in a post on Bluesky, calling the episode another example of how we all live in the “stupid temporal sequence”.
However, the secretary of the Army Dan Driscoltl canceled the Easterly contract and ordered a complete revision of West Point hiring policies. The army also suspended the practice of allowing external groups to help select the faculty. The inversion marks the second high profile clash that involves former leader of the Cisa and political pressure following the revocation by Donald Trump of the security authorization of Chris Krebs at the beginning of this year.
A Bipartisan bill of the US senators Amy Klobuchar and Ted Cruz could let the legislators ask for the removal of online places that show their home addresses or travel plans, Rolling Stone reports. The proposal, which could pass through unanimous consensus, is framed as a response to the growing threats against public officials, especially after the assassination of the Minnesota Melissa Hortman legislator last month.
The Watchdogs have joined the medium -sized dozens that the bill could strengthen the report and allow selective censorship. While the legislation includes a nominal exemption for journalists, critics say that it remains quite vague to allow members of the congress to sue stores or ask for Takedown of legitimate news.