Amid growing concern of the use of AI tools, Congressional questioning and hearings, and the lack of regulation around its use, at least seven technology firms have signed on to follow voluntary commitments to oversee how AI technology is used. The commitments include oversight of thorny issues such as AI safety, privacy, cybersecurity, and public
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AI and Antitrust – When Does an Algorithm Become an Agreement?
By Jennifer Driscoll on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
This blog post is the first in a three-part series exploring the intersection between AI and antitrust.
The first blog post in this series discusses the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division’s (Division) first criminal antitrust case involving the use of AI. The second part, which will be published next week, summarizes the FTC’s and…
Privacy Tip #249 – Use of Personal Assistants While Working from Home
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Internet of Things, Privacy Tips
I continue to be quite surprised at the lack of understanding that people have about personal assistants such as Alexa and Echo. It seems logical to me that when you yell out “Alexa, turn on the lights!” Alexa is using voice recognition technology to recognize your voice for the command and is processing that command…
Amazon Offers a “Quickstart Package” for Compliance with DOD’s CMMC
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in New + Now
Amazon has announced that it has developed and is offering a “CMMC Quickstart Package” to help contractors comply with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) required for contractors to enter into contracts with DOD.
According to an Amazon spokesman, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be releasing a responsibility guide that “lists…
Working from Home During the Pandemic? Turn Alexa and Siri Off!
By Linn Foster Freedman on
The transition from work-from-the-office to work-from-home has been rapid during the pandemic. All of a sudden, millions of workers are working from home, while data security personnel were not able to plan and operationalize the transition in an optimal way. Many security measures are being put in place now as everyone settles into the new…
Crime-as-a-Service Targets Popular Platforms
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
It’s getting difficult to keep up with the jargon of all of the new digital scams. The SaaSes in the beginning became regular business terms, such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Business Processes-as-a-Service (BPaaS). But then the criminal enterprises came up with Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS), Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) and now Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS).
A new Crime-as-a-Service offering is targeting…
Amazon Prime Air’s Drone Design
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, announced Amazon Prime Air, a delivery-by-drone initiative more than five years ago, and last week, Amazon revealed more information about its delivery system–the design. The Amazon delivery drone will use vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology that is aerodynamic and “fully shrouded for safety.” Additionally, the drone features artificial intelligence to…
Spyware Company Hacked
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal logins, audio recordings, text messages, and pictures of victims.
Motherboard has issued a…
Pentagon Web Monitoring Data Exposed
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Security researcher Chris Vickery has confirmed that web-monitoring data from the Department of Defense (DOD) was exposed through Amazon Web Services by the way the DOD configured access by authorized users. According to Vickery, anyone with a free AWS account had access to the DOD information, which included 1.8 billion internet posts that had been…
Amazon’s Scanning Technology for Package Delivery
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
If you haven’t yet heard about it, Amazon is on the forefront of package delivery. And if you think that is old news (which it is!), have you heard about Amazon’s scanning technology capable of scanning the homes down below its delivery drone so that it can properly deliver that awesome new gadget you just…