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Amazon’s One-Stop Shop for Identity Thieves

Nikita Mazurov – Aug. 7

Public Amazon registries could reveal enough information to steal the identity of someone who hasn’t been born yet.

Documents Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Is Selling to Israel

Sam Biddle – Jul. 24

Google employees, who have been kept in the dark about the “Nimbus” AI project, have concerns about Israeli human rights abuses.

Facial Recognition Search Engine Pulls Up “Potentially Explicit” Photos of Kids

Mara Hvistendahl – Jul. 16

PimEyes makes sensitive images of children available to anyone with an internet connection.

Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent

Sam Biddle – Jul. 13

In response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, Amazon stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone.

Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE

Sam Biddle – Jun. 29

ICE is now able to track transactions made through nearly a dozen different digital currencies, including bitcoin, ether, and tether.

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