Who do you want to win and by how much?
Researchers
easily breached voting machines for the 2020 election
The
voting machines that the US will use in the 2020 election are still
vulnerable to hacks. A group of ethical hackers tested a bunch of
those voting machines and election systems (most of which they bought
on eBay). They
were able to crack into every machine,
The
Washington Post reports.
Their tests took place this summer at a Def Con cybersecurity
conference, but the group visited Washington to share their findings
yesterday.
A
number of flaws allowed the hackers to access the machines, including
weak default passwords and shoddy encryption. The
group says the machines could be hacked by anyone with access to
them, and if poll workers make mistakes or take shortcuts,
the machines could be infiltrated by remote hackers.
Is
this an overreaction?
New
federal rules limit police searches of family tree DNA databases
The
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released
new
rules yesterday governing when police can use genetic genealogy to
track down suspects in serious crimes—the first-ever policy
covering how these databases, popular among amateur genealogists,
should be used in law enforcement attempts to balance public safety
and privacy concerns.
… But
these searches also raise privacy concerns. Relatives of those in
the database can fall under suspicion even if they have never
uploaded their own DNA. (One study found that 60% of white Americans
can now
be tracked down using such searches .)
And even those who have shared their DNA may not have given informed
consent to allow their data to be used for law enforcement searches.
… The
policy says “forensic genetic genealogy” should generally be used
only for violent crimes such as murder and rape, as well
as to identify human remains. (The policy permits broader use if the
ancestry database’s policy allows such searches.)
Police should first exhaust traditional crime solving methods,
including searching their own criminal DNA databases.
… The
policy also bars police from using a suspect’s DNA profile to look
for genes related to disease risks or psychological traits. [???
Bob]
Lawyers for the defense?
Five Key
Considerations to Developing Defensible AI
In a recent survey published by Forbes, 91% of
enterprises said they expect AI to deliver new business growth in the
next five years.
The rapidly expanding implementation of artificial
intelligence in society means that, inevitably, lawyers will be faced
with putting artificial intelligence on the witness stand.
… What should companies implementing AI
solutions do now to ensure that they can effectively defend their use
of AI when the machine becomes the witness? This article offers some
thoughts on developing AI in a defensible way in order to be prepared
should the AI system itself become the focal point of a lawsuit.
Pay Attention to the
Data Used to Train Your AI
Understand the Black
Box
Develop AI in an
Ethically Responsible Way
Be Mindful of Privacy
Regulations
Always Look to Improve
Results
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