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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 10h

When AI Chatbots Lead to Teen Suicide

The Legal System Isn’t Ready

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 11h

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 13h

MEPs: EU must explain funding to spyware companies

: Experts say Commission is ‘fanning the flames’ of the continent’s own Watergate

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 14h

‘Reverse Midas touch’: Starmer plan prompts collapse in support for digital IDs

Net public backing for scheme has fallen to -14% after prime minister’s announcement, according to polling

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 1d

Charlemagne and the Invention of “Parchment Government"

Before there was Digital Government, there was Parchment Government.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 1d

France investigates Apple’s Siri data collection over privacy concerns | Invezz

France has launched a cybercrime probe into Apple’s Siri recordings after a human rights complaint alleging GDPR violations.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 1d

Government to table new border bill amid C-2 privacy concerns: sources | CBC News

The federal Liberals are set to introduce a new bill expected to mirror much of what's in their already tabled border legislation — but with some clauses that sparked concerns from opposition parties...

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 1d

On-device age verification puts biometrics at the heart of security | Biometric Update

Trust Stamp is not mincing words about rollout of age verification laws .Privately is poised to support the age assurance market. TruSources enters the fray.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 1d

Carney's office slammed by access-to-info orders

Privy Council Office struggling under huge "burden"

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 2d

AI Act: Commission issues draft guidance and reporting template on serious AI incidents, and seeks stakeholders' feedback digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...

AI Act: Commission issues draft guidance and reporting template on serious AI incidents, and seeks stakeholders' feedback

Stakeholders are encouraged to provide feedback and examples on the interplay with other reporting regimes in this public consultation.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

NDP 2026, a blueprint for a generation - Yves Engler

The NDP needs to rekindle the anti-capitalist thinking and activist energy that spurred its creation. That logic has shaped my campaign’s recently released platform. In July 1933 the Co-operative…

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

Small or big, new nuclear reactors are not climate solutions

Some people, including politicians, are touting nuclear power as a good alternative. Is it?

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

Canada Post discontinued postal banking nearly 60 years ago. Is it time for postal banking to make a comeback?

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

AI's free web scraping days may be over, thanks to this new licensing protocol

The internet's new standard, RSL, is a clever fix for a complex problem, and it just might give human creators a fighting chance in the AI economy.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

Sweeping Ban on Drone Flights Across Chicago Looks Suspiciously Like an Attempt to Ban Press Coverage | ACLU

We can’t let government block drone photography of newsworthy events simply by claiming a need to fly their own aircraft in an area or claiming the existence of vague “security threats”

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

Visa Isn't Centralized and Neither Is First Person Identity

Visa isn’t centralized.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 3d

"AI is an attack from above on wages": An interview with cognitive scientist Hagen Blix

The author of 'Why We Fear AI' on why he sees generative AI as "class warfare through enshittification."

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 7d

Google, Flo Health, Flurry to Pay $59.5M in Privacy Lawsuit

Flo Health, Google and Flurry have agreed to shell out millions of dollars to fund a nearly $60 million settlement for proposed class action lawsuit that accused

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 7d

ScamGPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud

This collaboration between Lana Swartz, Alice E. Marwick, and Kate Larson maps generative AI's role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts at play.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 8d

China eyes US-Russia Arctic thaw for polar strategy possibilities
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China eyes US-Russia Arctic thaw for polar strategy possibilities

As Washington and Moscow float far north resource and shipping cooperation, Beijing navigates the region’s frigid balance of power.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 8d

Canada’s debt time bomb

Canada’s household debt has soared to $3.07 trillion, the highest in the G7 for 15 years. James Hardwick explores how speculation, housing bubbles, and government policy created a fragile economy…

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 8d

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'Not very level': GM increases production in Indiana, as it cuts jobs north of the border | CBC News

General Motors has added 250 temporary jobs at its plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., which builds the Chevy Silverado — work that has also been happening in Oshawa, Ont., but is being scaled back.

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John Wunderlich @privacycdn.bsky.social · 8d

Anonymous question app Sendit deceived children and illegally collected their data, FTC alleges | TechCrunch

On Sendit, teens can send each other anonymous questions via integrations with Instagram or Snapchat.

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