Bold, aren’t they? (Hey, if it’s good enough for the cops…) This should be easily defeated – send data only to established links...
Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”
There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.
“Acts of war” apparently includes war-like acts, “cyber operations” attributed to another state. No one “declares” war any more.
https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/cyber-insurance-wont-cover-acts-of-war/
Cyber Insurance Won’t Cover Acts of War
Lloyd’s of London recently released four new Cyber War and Cyber Operation Exclusion Clauses.
… Many of the events between nation states don’t qualify as “war”. We are not quite in a cyber-cold war, but there’s certainly a cold-skirmish or two happening and plenty of cold-jostling. The consequence of this is organisations like Mondelez getting caught in the cyber crossfire and looking to claim on their insurance.
These new clauses go beyond ‘acts of war’ to include “cyber operations” attributed to a state or “those acting on its behalf”. The parameters for a payout are narrowing, shifting the onus for protecting data onto the victims.
It’s often difficult to attribute responsibility for a cyberattack. These clauses place emphasis on the government of the claimant to attribute responsibility
(Related)
https://theintercept.com/2022/03/28/google-russia-ukraine-war-censorship/
GOOGLE ORDERED RUSSIAN TRANSLATORS NOT TO CALL WAR IN UKRAINE A WAR
IN EARLY MARCH, contractors working for Google to translate company text for the Russian market received an update from their client: Effective immediately, the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine could no longer be referred to as a war but rather only vaguely as “extraordinary circumstances.”
Facial “recognition” as a diagnostic tool? (As in recognizing the signs of rare diseases?)
How AI Is Using Facial Detection To Spot Rare Diseases In Children
… In addition to conventional procedures, she ran a quick diagnosis on Face2Gene, a computer vision-powered app that looks for indications of rare diseases. The facial picture uploaded to the app showed a strong match for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLO), a rare disease that affects about 1 in 40,000 children.
“The family was under the impression that this condition had been ruled out,” says Dr. Gripp. Subsequent tests confirmed the genetic diagnosis. Andrew’s facial features suggested a mild form of SLO.
Keeping up...
https://www.bespacific.com/another-state-adopts-duty-of-technology-competence-for-lawyers/
Another State Adopts Duty of Technology Competence for Lawyers
LawSites: “It has been a year since I have reported on a state adopting the duty of technology competence for lawyers, but now there is another: Hawaiʻi, bringing the total number of states that have adopted the duty to 40…”
Colorado, approved April 6, 2016, effective immediately. (More details.)
Free is good, so is SciFi.
https://www.makeuseof.com/sites-read-free-science-fiction-short-stories-series/
5 Spectacular Sites to Read Free Science Fiction Short Stories and Series
From short stories by amateurs to award-winning literature by famous writers, you can read some stellar science fiction on the internet for free.
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