Protecting Privacy in an AI Era

2026-07-17T07:23:43Zfd8e503a76f8097c2a30750ecab9aea15cb1f2366990f73b79050d19a99a468e
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What happened

A collection of Bruce Schneier blog posts covering AI-era privacy and policy proposals, emerging surveillance and hardware privacy risks, and several active cybersecurity incidents. Key themes: Daniel Solove argues for regulatory approaches that hold companies (not individuals) accountable—data minimization, fiduciary duties, and liability for harmful algorithmic design; researchers published a “Fourier pixel” that can make displays function as cameras, raising new privacy concerns; a Squid proxy bug dubbed “Squidbleed” can leak HTTP requests; FIFA’s network was reported as trivially exploitat

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fd8e503a76f8097c2a30750ecab9aea15cb1f2366990f73b79050d19a99a468e
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2026-07-17T07:23:43Z
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