Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]

Pulling the plug on privacy?

AppsFlyer Web SDK used to spread crypto stealer JavaScript code

Malicious JavaScript code delivered by the AppsFlyer Web SDK hijacked cryptocurrency, potentially in a supply-chain attack.
InfoQ

DoorDash Builds DashCLIP to Align Images, Text, and Queries for Semantic Search Using 32M Labels

DoorDash has launched a multimodal machine learning system that aligns product images, text, and user queries in a shared ...

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible ...

Meta sabotaged Instagram's end-to-end encryption rollout to justify killing it

The 'Low Adoption' smoke screen ...

Scientists Harness 19th-Century Optics To Advance Quantum Encryption

A new quantum communication method uses the temporal Talbot effect to simplify high-dimensional quantum key distribution.
BBC

TikTok won't protect DMs with controversial privacy tech, saying it would put users at risk

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe. E2EE means only the sender and recipient of ...
The Verge

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule

The country’s highest judicial court won’t reconsider a decision that determined AI-created art is ineligible for copyright protection. The country’s highest judicial court won’t reconsider a decision ...