Google Is Suing Chinese Scammers Who Are Using Gemini
2026-07-07T19:23:54Z•d9646c2e3225be0cf9ed98007aea1fd222ff9bc8a742ace0bcf166e33d7f35a4
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What happened
This collection of Schneier blog items highlights multiple emerging security and privacy issues: Google is suing a Chinese Telegram-based cybercrime group (Outsider Enterprise) that used Google’s Gemini AI to automate phishing-as-a-service and produce hundreds of scam templates; France’s ANSSI will stop certifying products without quantum-resistant encryption (phase‑in starting 2027, de facto requirement by 2030); Flock’s “vehicle fingerprint” capability enables surveillance of vehicles even without license plates; and Meta is prototyping real-time facial recognition for police/military. Other
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