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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

Kernel Panic

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Secrets of a US Spyware King

Eyes Wide Shut

The Secrets of a US Spyware King

Kim Zetter

How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact

Realignments

How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact

Andy Greenberg

The Best VPNs That Actually Protect You Online

Buying Guide

The Best VPNs That Actually Protect You Online

Jacob Roach

Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

Empty Nest

Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

Paresh Dave and Dhruv Mehrotra

Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear

Where in the World?

Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear

Paresh Dave

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works

On Camera

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works

Dhruv Mehrotra and Joseph Cox

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

Take Down

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

Matt Burgess

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Deep Trouble

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Matt Burgess

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

Basic Training

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

Dhruv Mehrotra

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

Deep Dives

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

Dhruv Mehrotra

San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

Cease and Desist

San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

Matt Burgess

Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

Say What?

Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

Lily Hay Newman

You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

Fun & Games

You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

Maddy Varner

Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You to Trust It

Pivot to Privacy

Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You to Trust It

Lily Hay Newman and Maxwell Zeff

Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

System Failure

Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

Matt Burgess

ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years

No Cap

ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years

Maddy Varner

Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested

Uncanny Valley

Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

Search Party

This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Network Effect

How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Caroline Haskins

A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend

Keeping Tabs

A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend

Caroline Haskins

Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces

Double Exposure

Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Flocking Hell

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron