“Chrome’s enhanced spellcheck & Edge’s MS Editor are sending data you enter into form fields like username, email, DOB, SSN, basically anything in the fields, to sites you’re logging into from either of those browsers when the features are enabled. Furthermore, if you click on « show password, » the enhanced spellcheck even sends your password, essentially Spell-Jacking your data.”
Source : Chrome & Edge Enhanced Spellcheck Features Expose PII, Even Your Passwords | otto
“Wikimedia Enterprise, a first-of-its-kind commercial product designed for companies that reuse and source Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects at a high volume, today announced its first customers: multinational technology company Google and nonprofit digital library Internet Archive. Wikimedia Enterprise was recently launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, as an opt-in product. Starting today, it also offers a free trial account to new users who can self sign-up to better assess their needs with the product.”
“La FTC reproche à Kochava de vendre des données de géolocalisation qui permettent de suivre les déplacements d’une personne, entre autres «vers et depuis des endroits sensibles», a expliqué le régulateur dans un communiqué de presse. La FTC mentionne ainsi des cliniques pratiquant l’interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG), mais aussi des lieux de culte, des centres d’hébergement pour sans-abri ou victimes de violences conjugales, ainsi que des centres de traitement des addictions. Les données vendues par Kochava, qui concernent des «centaines de milliers» de téléphones portables, selon l’Agence, ne comprennent pas les identités des propriétaires de ces smartphones. Mais il est possible de les retrouver en opérant des croisements, notamment avec les adresses où les téléphones mobiles se trouvent la nuit et le nom des propriétaires de ces logements.”
“DeepFaceLab est un outil de création de deepfakes. Ses concepteurs, qui ont publié en libre accès leur code sur la plate-forme GitHub, estiment que la quasi-totalité des vidéos deepfakes créées le sont aujourd’hui avec ce logiciel. Sur leur page, on y trouve de nombreux exemples : le visage du milliardaire Elon Musk intégré au film Interstellar, l’acteur Arnold Schwarzenegger rajeuni, le chef de l’Etat nord-coréen Kim Jong-un en plein laïus sur la préservation de la démocratie… Mais aussi, plus bas, un lien vers MrDeepFakes, un site pornographique.”
“We need a structure where we meet at a faster pace the demands of new web capabilities and address the urgent problems of the web. The W3C Team is small, bounded in size, and the Hosted model hinders rapid development and acquisition of skills in new fields. We need to put governance at the center of the new organization to achieve clearer reporting, accountability, greater diversity and strategic direction, better global coordination. A Board of Directors will be elected with W3C Member majority. It will include seats that reflect the multi-stakeholder goals of the Web Consortium. We anticipate to continue joint work with today’s Hosts in a mutually beneficial partnership.”
Source : W3C Media Advisory: W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization
“Specifically, Musk used « an Internet application called the ‘Botometer’—which applies different standards than Twitter does and which earlier this year designated Musk himself as highly likely to be a bot, » Twitter said.The Botometer website is a project of the Observatory on Social Media and the Network Science Institute at Indiana University. Citing a May 2022 Protocol article, Twitter’s court filing said that « the Botometer indicated that Elon Musk’s own Twitter account was likely a bot, scoring it 4/5. »”
Source : Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot | Ars Technica
“Augmented reality allows us to spend more time focusing on what matters in the real world, in our real lives. It can break down communication barriers — and help us better understand each other by making language visible. Watch what happens when we bring technologies like transcription and translation to your line of sight.”
via Google – YouTube
“Today at Google I/O, we announced new ways the latest advancements in AI are transforming Google Maps — helping you explore with an all-new immersive view of the world, find the most fuel-efficient route, and use the magic of Live View in your favorite third-party apps.”
“Declaration for the Future of Internet The Declaration for the Future of the Internet, signed by 60+ international partners to date, sets out the vision and principles of a trusted Internet.”
Source : Declaration for the Future of Internet | Shaping Europe’s digital future
“Order genuine Apple parts and rent or buy the tools you need to repair your device.”
Source : Self Service Repair Store
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