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Security

Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’ | TechCrunch

Flock’s founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn’t think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the...

Security

LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature | TechCrunch

If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software...

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Security

US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware | TechCrunch

The FBI has been using hacking techniques and tools, such as spyware, since at least 1998, but to...

Security

This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you | TechCrunch

Bill Swearingen has spent the past year running largely the same test, over and over again. The goal...

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Privacy

Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims | TechCrunch

Apple’s Hide My Email feature is a convenient privacy tool that uses disposable addresses to hide a user’s...

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AI

Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns | TechCrunch

Everyone is buzzing about Instinct, an AI personal assistant still in private access, not only for its incredible...