Protecting Privacy in an AI Era

Bruce Schneier roundup: policy and technical developments showing growing AI-driven and privacy risks. Key points: Daniel Solove argues privacy law should focus on corporate accountability (data minimization, fiduciary duties, liability) rather than individual control; researchers created “Fourier pixels” that let screens act as cameras, raising surveillance/privacy concerns; FIFA’s network had trivially exploitable exposures; a Squid proxy bug (“Squidbleed”) can leak HTTP requests; debates over AI data-center concentration and political/economic impacts; Five Eyes warned of AI models’ growing