Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg, and Dell Cameron
After reporting last week that the “raw” Jeffrey Epstein prison video posted by the FBI was likely modified in at least some ways (though there is no evidence that the footage was deceptively manipulated),
WIRED reported on Tuesday that metadata analysis of the video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips.
The United States Department of Homeland Security is facing controversy over DNA samples taken from approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens that the department added to a criminal database. Meanwhile,
researcher Jeremiah Fowler published findings this week that more than 2 GB of extremely sensitive adoption-related data—including information about biological parents, children, and adoptive parents—was exposed and publicly accessible on the open internet.
Roblox’s new Trusted Connections feature includes age verification that uses AI to scan teens’ video selfies and determine whether they can be granted access to unfiltered chatting with people they know.
And as video deepfake capabilities mature—including AI tools that can even manipulate live video footage—AI “nudify” platforms are drawing millions of users and generating millions of dollars in revenue using tech from US companies.
And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.
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