Pushback. The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update.
EP 313. This is the week the world stopped asking permission and started saying, "no". A college in Illinois covered Flock surveillance cameras with black trash bags and zip ties because immigration agents were using the data to track and detain students. Flock tried to remove the coverings. The college left them on. The standoff lasted until the contract expired and the cameras came down. Over 15,000 Americans realized they'd been recruited into a money-laundering scheme; fake jobs, stolen money, personal bank accounts turned into criminal pipelines - and they fought back by reporting it. The mastermind pleaded guilty. He faces 50 years in prison. A French supermarket chain got hacked, their freezers turned into ovens, thousands of products ruined, and instead of waiting for law enforcement, they deployed AI, restored their network, (finally patched their firmware), and exposed the attackers' infrastructure. The message was clear: we're done waiting for help. ...
