San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
2026-07-17T20:52:12Z•caac124d56542f748ae153cad5dc5096d13960f2b86896886e93b7c167733e79
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What happened
A collection of WIRED security stories (June–July 2026) highlighting a broad set of privacy, surveillance, and software-security issues: municipal demands to remove AI “nudify”/face-swap apps from app stores; controversy over Meta’s NameTag face-recognition claims; leaked SFPD drone footage; an AI-discovered 15‑year root bug in Linux; multiple data exposures and misconfigured sites (Dialog, Pentagon/Dialog data, Madison Square Garden database); Pegasus spyware resurfacing in EU investigations; incidents involving ticketing/site‑logic flaws (Front Gate) and LastPass data theft; concerns about “
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- 2026-07-17T20:52:12Z
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