Neowin News Feed for: Exploitation

ChatGPT was tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95

Sayan Sen — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:30:02 +0000

OpenAI's ChatGPT was successfully tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95. Although it refused at first, a revised prompt was able to trick the AI without the chatbot realizing. Read more...

Meta cracks down on rogue employees exploiting "Oops" and taking bribes

Fiza Ali — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:58:01 +0000

Over the past year, Meta has continued its crackdown on employees involved in activities that go against company policies such as retrieving inaccessible accounts for users in exchange for money. Read more...

UK's Online Safety Bill sees yet another delay

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, has said the Online Safety Bill has been temporarily paused for further scrutiny. She assured colleagues that it would be back soon. Read more...

White House reveals plans for big tech with focus on privacy, transparency, and youth safety

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:42:01 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has laid out plans for a legislative reform in areas concerning big tech firms. The focus is on transparency of algorithms, privacy, and youth safety. Read more...

Samsung introduces migrant worker guidelines

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:12:01 +0000

Samsung has released its new Migrant Worker Guidelines which it hopes will cut the number of migrant workers being exploited. The company is currently investigating its suppliers in Malaysia. Read more...

Terbium Labs: Most of the dark web content, visible through Tor, is legal

Paul Hill — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 04:50:01 +0000

A new study by Terbium Labs has shown that the majority of the dark web, accessible through Tor, is in fact legal content. Drugs make up, by far, the largest section of illegal content. Read more...