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Brian McClendon

@bmcclendon
15 posts
2025-05-08
There was a time when any part of this story would have made Republicans (and Democrats) apoplectic.  Today?  Crickets.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202...
2025-05-08 View on X
Wired

Sources: OpenAI employees met with the US FDA and two DOGE associates multiple times in recent weeks to discuss cderGPT, a project likely around drug evaluation

High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.

There was a time when any part of this story would have made Republicans (and Democrats) apoplectic.  Today?  Crickets.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202...
2025-05-08 View on X
Washington Post

Sources: DOGE plans to build a centralized database with troves of personal info about millions of US residents, violating or disregarding security protocols

www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202... @galetstrong : Federal data is now along the lines of something you might find in The National Enquirer, not actual data.  —  Donald Trump's...

2022-07-11
GeoGuessr was one of the most satisfying side-effects of building Google Maps and Streetview. We loved how much fun and education people could create with these tools. It's good that NYT has finally discovered @georainbolt. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-07-11 View on X
New York Times

A look at the quirky geography game GeoGuessr, in which the world's best players can pinpoint in seconds where a Google Street View image has been taken

2022-07-10
GeoGuessr was one of the most satisfying side-effects of building Google Maps and Streetview. We loved how much fun and education people could create with these tools. It's good that NYT has finally discovered @georainbolt. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-07-10 View on X
New York Times

A look at the quirky geography game GeoGuessr, in which the world's best players can pinpoint in seconds where a Google Street View image has been taken

In a game called GeoGuessr, competitors try to pinpoint where in the world a Google Street View image has been taken.  Some can do it in seconds.

2022-02-12
Apple Airtags are fundamentally and unfixably privacy-destroying and should be removed from the market. They completely destroy any credibility that Apple had in the privacy space. https://www.theregister.com/ ...
2022-02-12 View on X
New York Times

A real life test to secretly follow a person using AirTags, Tiles, and a LandAirSea GPS tracker

2022-02-11
Apple Airtags are fundamentally and unfixably privacy-destroying and should be removed from the market. They completely destroy any credibility that Apple had in the privacy space. https://www.theregister.com/ ...
2022-02-11 View on X
MacRumors

Apple plans AirTag updates to reduce stalking: Precision Finding for unknown AirTags, displaying alerts with sound, earlier tracking alerts, and louder sounds

but dumbing down the tech is not the answer; staying on top of the exploits is. Michael Kukielka / @detroitborg : AirTag is getting more scrutiny than other item trackers, but I al...

2022-01-01
Seriously, it took the NYT 8 months to figure this out? Google thought about building this 8 years ago and I stopped them. Airtags should be banned. https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-01 View on X
New York Times

Several women who believe they were tracked with AirTags say Apple's safeguards against stalking are insufficient

Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced.  Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.

2021-03-12
This is a huge deal. Google is re-launching road map editing. RIP MapMaker, long-lived editing! #GoogleMaps https://blog.google/...
2021-03-12 View on X
The Verge

Google says it will soon let users add missing roads and realign, rename, or delete incorrect ones in Maps simply by “drawing” on them

how it works Hamish Hector / TechRadar : Google Maps will let you add new roads Sagar Naresh / Android Headlines : Google Maps Update Lets You Add Images & Missing Roads Meghna Dut...

2020-12-03
This vulnerability completely contradicts Apple's supposed focus on privacy and security. https://www.theverge.com/...
2020-12-03 View on X
The Verge

Researcher details a zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol, now patched, which could have granted access to device hardware and data

A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability  —  Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …

2020-12-02
This vulnerability completely contradicts Apple's supposed focus on privacy and security. https://www.theverge.com/...
2020-12-02 View on X
The Verge

Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data

A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability  —  Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …

2020-06-20
Any company that collects your data should never be allowed to share with anyone without your additional consent. Especially location data. https://www.wsj.com/...
2020-06-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The IRS says it bought access to a marketing database of location data for millions of US cellphones to try to identify and track potential criminal suspects

The unsuccessful effort shows how anonymized information sold by marketers is increasingly being used by law enforcement to identify suspects

2020-04-07
@Techmeme @Kyle_L_Wiggers This is very interesting. Does it allow privacy-preserving local control of devices w/o exposing everything to Google? That would be useful!
2020-04-07 View on X
VentureBeat

Google launches its Local Home SDK out of preview, to enhance smart home integration with Google Assistant by routing commands through local networks

The Local Home SDK enhances your smart … Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Google launches coronavirus news hub to keep reliable coverage in one place Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : ...

2019-11-21
This is huge! Google Earth for the web now gets KML creation tools. https://twitter.com/...
2019-11-21 View on X
The Verge

Google launches Google Earth tools that let users create and present virtual tours, with attached text, images, and videos, for specific places

Jay Peters / The Verge :

2019-11-13
We'll need the Supreme Court to finally rule on this, but... this is a good step against an unconstitutional policy. https://techcrunch.com/...
2019-11-13 View on X
ACLU

A district court rules the government's “suspicionless” searches of international travelers' phones and laptops at airports and US border violate 4th Amendment

In a major victory for privacy rights, a federal court in Boston today ruled that the government's suspicionless searches …

2018-04-09
The headline “CNBC discovers” is a serious problem for Facebook. There's _no_reason FB couldn't have audited all of the usage of its “platform API” to and review the apps. http://www.cnbc.com/...
2018-04-09 View on X
CNBC

After CNBC inquiry, Facebook suspends CubeYou, a firm that made popular quiz apps for Cambridge University and bragged it had personal info of tens of millions

that Facebook can't police Apps that use fraudulent means to get Facebook users to divulge personal information — it's going to be a very long couple of days. http://twitter.com/.....