Signal uses encryption to protect info about who's sending a message to whom. In the context of Signal, this statement is not accurate.
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Signal Privacy Features Protect Your Group Contacts
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If anyone gets access to your Signal groups, whoever it is, here are protections that can keep your contacts safe. https://
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End-to-End Encryption Protects Only One Communication Element
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Their end-to-end encryption is real, and a very good thing. But it only protects one element of your communications.
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Big Tech’s Defense Contractor Role and State Surveillance Provision
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Extremely important research. It's not possible to understand the state of BigTech, or its pathologies at the moment, without understanding these companies' transformation into defense contractors, in addition to their central role as surveillance providers to the state.
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AI defense spending and surveillance law face limited opposition
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Which makes it odd to see little/no pushback from most of this camp re the AI defense gold rush/NDAA tech allocations, the passage of 702 surveillance abuse into law, etc.
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Free Speech vs Democratic Defense Against Foreign Threats
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The “slippery slope” agreement conveniently allows for the focus to stay on the defense of free speech fixation without needing to address the defense of our democracy from a foreign adversary conversation I’m trying to have.
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Foreign Media Ownership and Democratic Protection Debate
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Rhetorical tweet.
— 🖤 Christine (@christinelu) 21 avril 2024
Why do “free speech” defenders equate forcing a foreign government to divest from a media platform with banning free speech?
It’s not about banning TikTok—it’s about protecting our democracy from external manipulation but that part keeps getting downplayed in… pic.twitter.com/87VSXPHWdhRhetorical tweet. Why do “free speech” defenders equate forcing a foreign government to divest from a media platform with banning free speech? It’s not about banning TikTok—it’s about protecting our democracy from external manipulation but that part keeps getting downplayed in
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Generative AI Security Risks: Consumer Data Privacy Concerns
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Consumers are increasingly using #generativeAI tools from creating meal plans to asking for medical advice and inputting sensitive information into #AI systems, potentially exposing themselves to security and fraud risks. #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #IoT https://
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Generative AI Models Lack Safeguards Against Misuse
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The rapid rise of generative #AI models is exciting. However, these powerful tools often lack robust safeguards against misuse. Examples include generating deceptive content and launching novel attacks based on user prompts. #GenAI #CyberSecurity #Tech https://
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Proton Privacy: Email Encryption Requires Both Users
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Proton @ProtonPrivacy is good. But you need to be emailing another person with a Proton email account to avail yourself of any real privacy guarantees. This is why it’s good to encourage friends etc. If you’re emailing a Gmail account etc it’s all stored on Google’s servers