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Apple Photos privacy lawsuit advances; npm packages compromised in Shai-Hulud attack

A lawsuit alleging that Apple Photos' facial recognition system violates privacy laws has been allowed to proceed by a judge, despite claims that it is not a privacy threat. Separately, a supply chain attack named Shai-Hulud has compromised Keyv and related packages within the Node Package Manager (npm). AI

IMPACT This cluster touches on AI indirectly through facial recognition technology and supply chain security, but has minimal direct impact on AI operations.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a mix of a legal development regarding a consumer product and a security incident involving software packages, neither of which rise to the level of significant industry-wide news.

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Apple Photos privacy lawsuit advances; npm packages compromised in Shai-Hulud attack

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    No, Apple Photos face recognition is not a privacy threat – quite the opposite We learned yesterday that a judge is allowing a $32B lawsuit to proceed, alleging

    No, Apple Photos face recognition is not a privacy threat – quite the opposite We learned yesterday that a judge is allowing a $32B lawsuit to proceed, alleging that Apple Photos face recognition violates a state privacy law. It has been conflated with Meta’s use of face recognit…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Keyv and friends compromised in active Shai-Hulud supply chain attack Article URL: https://www. aikido.dev/blog/keyv-and-frien ds-compromised-in-npm-supply-chai

    Keyv and friends compromised in active Shai-Hulud supply chain attack Article URL: https://www. aikido.dev/blog/keyv-and-frien ds-compromised-in-npm-supply-chain-attack Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9166874 Points: 8 # Comments: 0 https://www. aikido.dev/b…