The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from enforcing modern security requirements…
Concerns from regulators about the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in Britain’s cloud computing market have triggered an investigation into the competitiveness of the key industry FILE – People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York, Feb. 14, 2019. Britain’s cloud computing market faces a competition investigation after regulators raised concerns about…
A town in Spain made international headlines after a number of young schoolgirls said they received fabricated nude images of themselves that were created using an easily accessible “undressing app” powered by artificial intelligence, raising a larger discussion about the harm these tools can cause. “Today a smartphone can be considered as a weapon,” Jose…
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO- KELLY, Texas — Five 16th Air Force cyber Airmen spoke to middle and high-school students from local schools about the basics of cybersecurity during the CyberPatriot Summer Camp, July 17-28, at Tech Port Arena. CyberPatriot, an Air Force Association program, aims to inspire kindergarten through 12th grade…
V is for… Voice cloning Given only a minute of a person speaking, some AI tools can now quickly put together a “voice clone” that sounds remarkably similar. Here the BBC investigated the impact that voice cloning could have on society – from scams to the 2024 US election. W is for… Weak AI It used to…
