NEW: Dialog—the secretive, invite-only organization of elites founded by Peter Thiel, often referred to as the Bilderberg Group for tech—exposed the private information of attendees to its annual meeting this year in Ireland.
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Attendees are asked to provide their “Political leaning” & are given the choices of “Far Left,” “Left,” “Right,” & “Far Right.” A disclaimer states that “answers WILL NOT be shared in the app or with other participants — ever.” Their choices are exposed in the data.
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Talks or "Sessions" at the upcoming event include titles such as: “Bring Back Nuclear,” “Disinformation and Deepfakes,” “Contrarian AI Takes,” “Three Predictions for Iran," “Democracy Under Surveillance,” “Build-a-Cult (Soapbox),” and “It’s Fun to Be in Charge.”
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“Dialog Participant Profiles” list details provided by people scheduled to attend including names, employers, locations, email addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, emergency contacts, dietary restrictions — and even whether they are “looking for love” at Dialog. san.com/cc/peter-thi...
A profile filled out by Hollywood actor Josh Brolin includes the details mentioned above. I called the phone number listed for Brolin, who is shown in the data as a “First-Time Dialoger,” and was met with a voice mail box with what appeared to be Brolin’s voice.
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The data, provided to myself by @crimew.gay, reveals the names of current & former members, their personal email addresses & telephone numbers, as well as previously private details about the organization’s off-the-record discussions.
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The leaked data shows that Dialog's website — previously available only to members & guests — contained code that revealed 113 names of prominent people connected to the group, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent & Sarah Bond, the former president of Xbox at Microsoft san.com/cc/peter-thi...
NEW: While Meta publicly said it was still deciding whether and how to deploy facial recognition in its smart glasses, the company was quietly distributing it to millions of users.
WIRED found an unreleased facial-recognition system embedded in the Meta's AI companion app.
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New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change
“We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...
New: Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people. Seemingly every week there's a new case, the details usually similar. Cops use unfettered access to Flock to surveil an ex. They most often search their plates hundreds of times over course of months
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A data leak has exposed private data on billionaire Peter Thiel’s “Dialog,” an invitation-only network of high-profile figures.
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...
