Tech-washing / Google quietly building Trump's AI surveillance wall

Despite previous assurances from #Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in 2020 that Google was "not working on any projects associated with immigration enforcement at the southern border," contract documents show Google is now central to a #CBP project upgrading video surveillance towers in #Arizona.

https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/google-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/

#techwashing
#sureveillancecapitalism
#usa #technoimperialism

#Google Launches #SecGemini v1 #AI Model To Improve #Cybersecurity Defense

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2035236/google-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense

Immer mehr europäische Unternehmen werden Ziel von nordkoreanischen #Cyberkriminellen, die sich mit Fake-Profilen auf Remote-IT-Jobs bewerben.

Laut der #Google Threat Intelligence Group nutzen sie gefälschte #Lebensläufe, KI-generierte Fotos und europäische #Vermittler, um in #Firmennetzwerke zu gelangen. Dort installieren sie teils Schadsoftware oder betreiben #Datenexfiltration.

Der #Verfassungsschutz warnt vor den Angriffen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Vermeintliche-IT-Fachkraefte-aus-Nordkorea-Mehr-Bewerbungen-bei-Firmen-in-Europa-10337399.html

Non, #Google ne proposera pas un vrai #chiffrement de bout en bout sur #Gmail. Le mécanisme proposé n'est pas considéré comme un véritable chiffrement "E2EE" par certains experts. En effet, il implique un serveur de gestion de clés interne à l'entreprise.
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-560031-non-google-ne-proposera-pas-un-vrai-chiffrement-de-bout-en-bout-sur-gmail.html
Mieux vaut utiliser soit #protonmail soit #thunderbird avec #gpg et une adresse mail chez un hébergeur non #gafam respectant les #donneespersonnelles

Googles NotebookLM bekommt Web-Anschluss und sucht selbst

Bislang mussten sich die Nutzer darum kümmern, Googles Recherche- und Podcast-Werkzeug NotebookLM Quellen vorzulegen. Die kann es sich nun auch allein suchen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Googles-NotebookLM-bekommt-Web-Anschluss-und-sucht-selbst-10338806.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in its sights.

France says a response from the EU to Trump's new 20% tariff will "probably" come at the end of the month. A government spokesperson told RTL that services will be targeted, not just goods, including from companies like Google and Apple.

With Meta, Amazon and Apple stock all down, the EU looks primed to twist the knife.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250404-us-trade-war-eu-prepares-to-retaliate-with-big-tech-in-its-sights?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Keine Transparenz mehr: #Google schliesst #Android ab

(Passt zum politischen Umfeld)

https://www.zdnet.de/88421244/google-macht-android-entwicklung-zur-geheimsache/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

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Big tech companies want total control but opt-out should be the way to go:

"OpenAI and Google have rejected the government’s preferred approach to solve the dispute about artificial intelligence and copyright.

In February almost every UK daily newspaper gave over its front page and website to a campaign to stop tech giants from exploiting the creative industries.

The government’s plan, which has prompted protests from leading figures in the arts, is to amend copyright law to allowdevelopers to train their AI models on publicly available content for commercial use without consent from rights holders, unless they opt out.

However, OpenAI has called for a broader copyright exemption for AI, rejecting the opt-out model."

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/google-openai-reject-copyright-plan-bnnzztts9

Vergelijkingssites klagen Google aan voor 900 miljoen, dit is waarom

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/13wP

14:09 | RTL Nieuws
#Amsterdam #Claim #Google #Rechter

I did it! Although it's still very rough & really not pretty, I got my spreadsheet with (> 900) verified accounts of media organizations in the #Fediverse away from #Google. The solution was #DataTables all along

https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Now I have to make it pretty (and correct some mistakes), but maybe someone can help me there? For example I know, that you can filter in #DataTables, but I couldn't get it working. Ideas?

My file is on GitHub (did I do it right?):
https://github.com/fingolas23/AccountsOverview/blob/main/overview.html

He escrito al Responsable de Seguridad de la Información de la #UGR mi propuesta para abandonar los servicios de #Google y #Microsoft a nivel universitario.

Un profe me lo ha dejado claro: "Ojalá no tengas éxito en ello". Aun así, voy a estar insistente en ello, hasta que consiga proteger a casi 65.000 estudiantes, docentes y trabajadores de la comunidad.

No hablo a nivel general, pero el miedo de dar un salto de fe hacia ecosistemas respetuosos está bastante expandido. Y el argumento de "Ya lo saben todo y tampoco tengo nada que esconder' bastante presente.

Vivimos en malos tiempos para ir regalando información privada a todo el mundo.

If you have a #google account and navigate to https://passwords.google.com you will be able to activate a "on-device-encryption" this option encrypts your #passwords before they are stored in the google password manager.

Yes, the google password manager apparently stores your passwords in clear text. This is kind of a #security nightmare.

And while you are on that settings page: You can also disable the use of the google password manager and export and maybe also delete your stored data.

Ein toller Tipp für alle, die ihre Fotos unabhängig von #bigtechusa sichern möchte und dabei nicht auf Komfort verzichten wollen. Es gibt leider noch keine jährlichen Preise (coming soon), aber auch die monatlichen Gebühren sind völlig okay (monatlich kündbar!). 1 Alternative zu #google #fotos ..!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yecw7rperelbbw77fyhehs5j/post/3llzivt4gak2a

#Google #AI #misinformation #AprilFoolDay

' In 2020, Mr Black published a fake story claiming Cwmbran had been recognised by Guinness World Records for having the most roundabouts per square kilometre. Despite altering the wording of his article that afternoon, when he searched for it on 1 April he said he was 'shocked' and 'worried' to find the false information being used by Google's AI tool and presented as real information.'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly12egqq5ko

BBC: ‘Google AI presented my April Fools’ story as real news’. “Every year, journalist Ben Black publishes a playful fake story on his community news site Cwmbran Life for April Fools’ Day…. In 2020, Mr Black published a fake story claiming Cwmbran had been recognised by Guinness World Records for having the most roundabouts per square kilometre. Despite altering the wording of his article […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/bbc-google-ai-presented-my-april-fools-story-as-real-news/