• How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI (How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI | WIRED): Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI models and other tools. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more. [paywalled]
• National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy (National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy | TechCrunch): A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation.
• This new tool helps you visualise privacy policies in a friendly way (Privacy Visualizer): Reject Convenience has released a tool that allows users to check each category of data collection that may be done by apps and includes additional information about the categories. It includes various possible benefits & consequences based on the type of data you share.
• Internet Archive Resumes Read-Only Service After Cyberattack (Internet Archive Resumes Read-Only Service After Cyberattack - Slashdot): The Internet Archive has resumed operations in a read-only state following a cyberattack that took the digital library offline on October 9, coupled with the theft of 31 million user authentication records.
• ‘Chat control’: The EU’s controversial CSAM-scanning legal proposal explained ('Chat control': The EU's controversial CSAM-scanning legal proposal explained | TechCrunch): The European Union has a longstanding reputation for strong privacy laws. But a legislative plan to combat child abuse — which the bloc formally presented back in May 2022 — is threatening to downgrade the privacy and security of hundreds of millions of regional messaging app users.