Episode 298: Hallucinating Bots, Unsolicited Smartwatches, and Could this Be the End of End-to-End Encryption?

AI bots make things up, and the web is at risk of becoming overloaded with low-quality articles. Some US military have been receiving unsolicited smartwatches; they have been warned not to turn them on. And a bill in the UK threatens to end end-to-end encryption.

Show Notes:

• Tour de France


• Tour de France Unchained


• Silo on Twitter


• iOS 17 Expands Communication Safety Worldwide, Turned On by Default


• Turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian PM tells residents


• CID Lookout: Unsolicited Smartwatches Received by Mail


• Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning


• 10 Ways End-to-Encryption Protects Your Data, Your Privacy, and Your Bank Balance


• Moving data from iCloud may need to be made easier under upcoming EU law


• Google Takeout


• AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born


• Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls


• Transcript of this episode

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