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- Residents are invited to join Waterloo Regional Police Services for an upcoming information session about the expansion of the CCTV and ALPR systems
- : The 0-days have left the building
- While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.
- With the fate of the Liberal government’s security bill in doubt, Canada’s spy agency is laying its cards on the table, arguing for urgent change to how it legally accesses Canadians’ electronic information.
- Biased, eager-to-please models threaten health research replicability and trust.
- : 'Trust no AI' says one researcher
- Hate crimes are counted but rarely prosecuted. The new bill must add enforcement — with units, multilingual forensics and results tracking.
- In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.
- Two years ago, Americans anxious about the forthcoming 2024 presidential election were considering the malevolent force of an election influencer: artificial intelligence. Over the past several years, we have seen plenty of warning signs from elections worldwide demonstrating how AI can be used to propagate misinformation and alter the political landscape, whether by trolls on social media, foreign influencers, or even a street magician. AI is poised to play a more volatile role than ever before in America’s next federal election in 2026. We can already see how different groups of political actors are approaching AI. Professional campaigners are using […]
- Baseboard management controller vulnerabilities make remote attacks possible.
- The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
- : The vuln affects the Oat++ MCP implementation
- The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have reduced the amount of information they share with their American counterparts, citing political developments in the United States under President Donald Trump and growing concerns over the politicization of intelligence and "respect for human rights."
- Access all information related to judgment Ontario Public Service Employees Union v Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services, 2024 CanLII 120507 (ON LA) on CanLII.
- Ontario’s privacy commissioner updates de-identification guidance for structured data, clarifying how personal information can be transformed and reused.
- Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta’s business.
- : It's Typhoon season…year round
- Messages seeking payment for unpaid tolls or postage fees prompt victims to hand over credit-card information, which gangs use to buy gift cards and luxury goods.
- The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
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