The Guardian — 17/03/2026

The spread of deepfakes, erosion of trust in authentic images and hallucinating chatbots are today well-known issues. These phenomena are especially problematic in rapidly evolving situations, when people are looking for updates, but reliable information is not yet available. Add algorithmic content distribution to the mix, and you get a perfect storm of misinformation. While some (in)famous figures in Silicon Valley turn their nose up on 'legacy media', the state of today's information landscape shows that we need high-quality journalism more than ever.

heise medien — 16/03/2026

Google startete schon 2010 ein 'Vulnerability Reward Program', ein Bug-Bounty für alle Services von Google, das Belohnungen auszahlt, allein 17 Millionen US-$ 2025. Dieser Betrag wurde an mehr als 700 Analysten verteilt, die Fehler in Android, der Google Cloud, aber auch in verbreiteten und häufig gebrauchten Open Source Programmen und Bibliotheken fanden. Auch wenn 17 Millionen nicht viel sind für Google, ist es doch schön, dass sie ein öffentliches Bug-Bounty Programm betreiben, an dem viele Analysten mitwirken. Seit 2026 gibt es auch die Kategorie 'Künstliche Intelligenz'...

The Guardian — 16/03/2026

Enjoy the 'enshittificator' video, then head to the Norwegian Consumer Council's report for solutions. What's heartening is the technical tools, know-how, and laws (in some jurisdictions) already exist to counter digital service deterioration. What's missing is the political will to deploy and enforce them. But that takes time. Look at Ralph Nader's 1960s auto safety campaign: seatbelts became mandatory within a year of the release of his book, Unsafe at Any Speed, but airbags and other standards took decades more. So it will also go with digital products and services.

WIRED — 06/03/2026

The camera hacking issue is problematic because it weaponizes civilian devices without owners' consent, creating an accountability gap where victims can't control the security of cameras used against them. It democratizes military intelligence by replacing expensive satellites with cheap consumer cameras,and is nearly impossible to solve since millions of unpatched devices exist worldwide. Most fundamentally, it transforms ordinary citizens into unwitting participants in warfare simply by installing home security systems, raising serious questions about consent and liability when everyday technology becomes part of military operations.

404 Media — 05/03/2026

This article fascinates me because it exposes Proton Mail's privacy limits under Swiss law. While Swiss law shields direct foreign access, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) enables indirect cooperation—Swiss firms must disclose available metadata like payment data. This reveals limitations in what Switzerland's privacy protections can shield users from in cross-border investigations.