Sounds like a management failure…
4 ways security has failed to become a boardroom issue
New research finds that despite being more engaged with cybersecurity, business executives and board members continue to view cybersecurity as a technology domain rather than a business concern.
Future privacy?
https://www.pogowasright.org/privacy-legislation-proposed-in-virginia-and-oklahoma/
Privacy Legislation Proposed In Virginia And Oklahoma
David Stauss of Husch Blackwell writes:
Five states are now considering online privacy legislation.
Virginia and Oklahoma join Washington, New York and Minnesota as states where lawmakers have proposed online privacy legislation this year. It is expected that lawmakers in other states will propose similar legislation in the coming weeks. As discussed in our prior posts, the fact the legislation has been proposed is not indicative of whether it has any chance of becoming law. Since lawmakers passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 numerous states have considered similar bills, but none of them has become law. That said, presumably one day another state (or more) will join California in passing such legislation.
Below is a brief summary of the two bills. To the extent that the bills appear poised for advancement we will provide a more detailed analysis.
Read more on JDSupra.
I have to ask: Where were the cameras?
Former ADT Technician Pleads Guilty to Having Hacked Customers’ Home Security Video Feeds
A home security technician has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking [Not much actual hacking,,, Bob] into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah.
Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former ADT employee, pleaded guilty to computer fraud on Thursday before Magistrate Judge David Horan.
“This defendant, entrusted with safeguarding customers’ homes, instead intruded on their most intimate moments,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah. “We are glad to hold him accountable for this disgusting betrayal of trust.”
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According to plea papers, Mr. Aviles admits that contrary to company policy, he routinely added his personal email address to customers’ “ADT Pulse” accounts, giving himself real-time access to the video feeds from their homes. In some instances, he claimed he needed to add himself temporarily in order to “test” the system; in other instances, he added himself without their knowledge.
Mr. Aviles took note of which homes had attractive women, then repeatedly logged into these customers’ accounts in order to view their footage for sexual gratification, he admits. Plea papers indicate he watched numerous videos of naked women and couples engaging in sexual activity inside their homes.
Over a four and a half year period, Mr. Aviles secretly accessed roughly 200 customer accounts more than 9,600 times without their consent, he admits.
Mr. Aviles, who waived indictment and was charged via an information, now faces up to five years in federal prison.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sid Mody is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas
This is not a crime. Nor is it very smart.
https://www.inputmag.com/tech/staten-islands-da-found-paying-for-clearview-ai-technology
Staten Island's DA caught paying for Clearview AI technology
(Related)
https://gizmodo.com/nypd-announces-how-it-plans-to-spy-on-you-this-year-1846062795
NYPD Announces How It Plans to Spy On You This Year
After being pushed to do so by new legislation, the New York City Police Department has publicized a full inventory of the myriad spying instruments it uses to surveil the public.
Potentials. For the ‘end justifies the means’ discussion.
Lucknow Police's Decision To Use AI Cameras To Keep Track Of Women In Distress Raises Concerns
… According to Gadget 360, Lucknow police is deploying facial recognition technology backed by security cameras to read the expressions of women in distress and alert their nearest police station. Claims are bein made the will be powered with artificial intelligence to read the faces of women. This is apparently a part of the UP government's Mission Shakti programme that was launched in October and is projected to help reduce cases of harassment of women subjected to stalking and threat in the city.
One of those articles to point to when asking for more money?
AlphaDogfight should scare the Air Force straight … into scaling AI efforts
… AlphaDogfight pitted AI companies against one another’s dogfighting algorithms in a tournament-style competition, with the winner earning the chance to face off against a human fighter pilot.
The final tally: 5-0 in favor of the algorithmic “pilot.”
That result reinforces a trend in AI vs. human contests: Humans are losing their edge over machines in more and more tasks. And the trend is accelerating. It’s a question of when, not if, AI will change everything about the way the Air Force must do business.
First, tell me that AI can’t lie.
Can Artificial Intelligence Explain Itself?
As an end user, you may never have to work with artificial intelligence from a developer’s perspective, but knowing how it works is key to ensuring its successful use. Fortunately, the technology can explain itself.
Forecast.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/6-developments-that-will-define-ai-governance-in-2021/
6 developments that will define AI governance in 2021
This year is poised to be a highly impactful period for the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). The Trump administration successfully pushed for hundreds of millions of dollars in AI research funding, while also encouraging the formalization of federal AI practices. President Joe Biden will start his new administration with federal agencies already working to comply with executive guidance on how to use and regulate AI. Beyond passing the AI spending increases, Congress also tasked the White House with creating a new National AI Initiative Office to orchestrate these developments. All this comes as the European Commission (EC) has put forth the Digital Services Act, which will create oversight for how internet platforms use AI. The EC is also poised to propose a comprehensive approach to AI safeguards in the spring. Taking all this into account, 2021 promises to be an important inflection point for AI policy.
1) AI REGULATIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
2) USING AI IN THE CIVILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
3) FORMATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL AI INITIATIVE OFFICE
4) AN EXPANSION OF AI RESEARCH FUNDING AND CAPACITY
5) THE EUROPEAN UNION’S IMMINENT AI LEGISLATION
6) THE EUROPEAN UNION’S DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
(Related) Another approach to governance.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/fda-issues-artificial-intelligencemachine-learning-action-plan
FDA Issues Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Action Plan
On January 12, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. The Action Plan outlines five actions that FDA intends to take to further its oversight of AI/ML-based SaMD
Forward to a lawyer who needs to know?
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=68368f42-c9cc-44cf-93da-be52ecc73b14
Eye on AI Episode 1: Three AI Must-Knows for Technology Transactions
Click here to watch the video.
Baker McKenzie’s new Eye on AI video chat series covers the need-to-know legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning.
In our first episode, Bradford Newman is joined by partners Adam Aft and Marcela Robledo to discuss three AI must-knows in the context of technology transactions.
Not sure this is like the phone company paying me to list my number, but if Google won’t display anyone it has to pay, Australians will be buying a lot from India. Or am I wrong again?
Google threatens to pull out of Australia over controversial news law
Google said that it could pull its search services from Australia if the country passes its debatable law that requires big tech companies to pay media organizations for listing their content.
In a Senate hearing, and later in a video, Google Australia’s Managing Director, Mel Silva, said that the proposed media law “would break how Google search works.”
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