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Leaked access keys do not stop at your own repository
An access key can escape a development environment without anyone deliberately sharing company information. An example project, a public bug report or a personal fork may be enough. Checking only an organisation’s own repositories therefore doe…
Stricter settings for AI with sensitive data
AI applications become more powerful once they can combine information from documents, apps, and the web. Those connections offer a lot of convenience, but they also increase the importance of a deliberate choice about which actions a system ma…
Handling Links Safely in AI Agents
AI agents are increasingly able to independently retrieve information, open web pages, and perform actions within connected systems. That makes them practically useful, but it also calls for a different view of links. A link is more than just a…
Mozilla invests in German privacy browser Cliqz
Mozilla is investing an as-yet undisclosed amount in Cliqz, the developer of the privacy browser of the same name. The companies want to bring the browser, currently focused on Germany, to other countries as well. Cliqz is currently available …
Mandatory retention of internet data proves useless
The data retention obligation does not work and therefore should be expanded. That, in brief, is the conclusion of the Evaluation of the Telecommunications Data Retention Act. The report by the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre desc…
Will encrypted Syme become Facebook’s rival?
Syme applies encryption to all submitted content, including status updates, photos and shared files. The social network stores its data in Canada and says it does not itself have access to that data. It stands to reason that even the hugely po…
Privacy Can Make Security Impossible
Everyone agrees that privacy cannot exist without security. But the fact that privacy requirements sometimes stand in the way of, or even make impossible, that much-needed protection is far less widely recognized. For example, to prevent priva…
Five ways Windows vindicates Steve Jobs
The influence of the recently stepped-down Steve Jobs remains palpable—not only for Apple products and fanboys. Jobs’ vision is now also being affirmed by PC giant Microsoft. Five times Windows proves Jobs right. Flash ban Apple’s archrival M…
Majority of iPhone apps leak personal data
Two-thirds of the most widely used iPhone applications transmit personal data to external servers. App developers and advertisers can monitor users. About 68 percent of the most popular iPhone apps send personal data such as device IDs, as wel…