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Thomas Brewster

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Senior writer covering security, surveillance and privacy for @Forbes. Tip me anything sensitive on Signal: +447782376697. Email: [email protected].

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Thanks to technology from startup Paladin, drones equipped with gunshot and license plate detection can be piloted from thousands of miles away. But privacy experts are concerned about how such ease of use could lead to persistent surveillance.

Read more: trib.al/Cm7hKAy

Thanks to technology from startup Paladin, drones equipped with gunshot and license plate detection can be piloted from thousands of miles away. But privacy experts are concerned about how such ease of use could lead to persistent surveillance. Read more: trib.al/Cm7hKAy
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New: The latest wave of violent white supremacist groups are recruiting on TikTok.

Enforcing content policy means constantly studying the ways bad actors operate. They are iterating and innovating! So platforms have to, too. And here, TT fell behind.

forbes.com/sites/emilybak…

New: The latest wave of violent white supremacist groups are recruiting on TikTok. Enforcing content policy means constantly studying the ways bad actors operate. They are iterating and innovating! So platforms have to, too. And here, TT fell behind. forbes.com/sites/emilybak…
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Tech startups have been a small but growing source of economic hope for Palestinians.

Now, founders are trying to keep in business with colleagues and family unreachable in Gaza, and while mourning the lives lost.

By sarah emerson and me for Forbes:

forbes.com/sites/saraheme…

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Signal finally responds to those tweets alleging that someone found a zero-day vuln in its messaging code: “We also checked with people across US Government, since the copy-paste report claimed USG as a source. Those we spoke to have no info suggesting this is a valid claim”

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𝗪𝗜𝗡, 𝗪𝗜𝗡, 𝗪𝗜𝗡!🤩

Liam Jones was the winner of last weekend's warm-up shirt giveaway🙌

If you RT this post and follow Candriam, it could be you!👀

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𝗪𝗜𝗡, 𝗪𝗜𝗡, 𝗪𝗜𝗡!🤩 @LFJONES7 was the winner of last weekend's warm-up shirt giveaway🙌 If you RT this post and follow @candriam, it could be you!👀 #WeAreFGR💚
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As Israeli founders and tech workers are called up to active service, their companies are scrambling to keep their businesses running.

For big cos, it's a manageable issue. For small startups, it can mean an existential challenge.

From Alexandra S. Levine and me:

forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…

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The new frontier of deepfakes: videos of real news anchors and outlets 'reporting' fake stories.

Manipulated content is already undermining authoritative reporting from journos on the ground in Israel + Gaza. This also doesn't bode well for the election:forbes.com/sites/alexandr…

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News: more than 200 venture capital firms have signed a public statement in support of Israel and its tech ecosystem.

I spoke to Harry Valner, the U.S.-based startup investor who led the effort since Monday night.

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NEW - Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War

A hospital just east of Gaza was flooded with requests from people looking for missing relatives amidst the Hamas-Israel war.

They turned to facial recognition.

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Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War
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Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War go.forbes.com/c/kRPP
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NEW - Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War

A hospital just east of Gaza was flooded with requests from people looking for missing relatives amidst the Hamas-Israel war.

They turned to facial recognition.

forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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