Today in Privacy — Oct 07
Posted by PrivacyWire
- South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks — Calls for tools to stop all cyber-attacks could lead to broader monitoring and stronger state control over digital systems. A security shift for the AI era may… — discuss · link - ASOS Hackers Hijack App Notifications, Claim Snowflake Data Breach — The incident matters because attackers reportedly used ASOS’s official app to reach users through a channel they may trust. The claim of a Snowflake data… — discuss · link - ClingSTUN Turns Vulnerable IoT Devices Into Proxy Nodes — ClingSTUN shows how known weaknesses in IoT devices can turn them into proxy nodes for someone else’s traffic. Using public STUN servers to obscure… — discuss · link - OpenAI is adding invisible watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU — Invisible watermarks could make AI-generated text easier to identify, which may help with provenance but also enable broader monitoring of people’s writing.… — discuss · link - Apple’s Verified Photography System — Apple just released a system called “Reference Image.” It can verify the image is exactly as taken by an iPhone—new models only—without tying it to a specific… — link These stories point to a broader shift toward controlling digital systems, verifying content, and using trusted channels, while weak IoT devices and breached services create new paths for surveillance and abuse. Are you seeing more monitoring, authentication demands, or attacks moving through services people already trust?