- New Setting: Hide AI-Generated Images in DuckDuckGo Search [duckduckgo.com]
We think you should decide for yourself how much AI you want in your life – or if you want any at all. To that end, we’ve added a new setting to hide AI-generated images when you’re searching for images on DuckDuckGo. Try it by making a search on DuckDuckGo and heading to the Images tab. You’ll see a new drop-down option at the top of the page: "AI images: show" or "AI images: hide." The filter relies on manually curated open-source blocklists. It won’t catch 100% of AI-generated results, but it will greatly reduce the number of AI-generated images you see.
You can also bookmark noai.duckduckgo.com, where the image filter is auto enabled, AI-assisted summaries are switched off, and Duck.ai chat icons are hidden.
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In the news...
- Reddit Starts Verifying Ages of Users in the UK [bbc.com]
For users in the UK, Reddit has rolled out new age verification measures "to comply with new rules under the UK's Online Safety Act, which require sites that show adult material to introduce 'robust' age checking techniques." Starting July 14th, a third-party firm called Persona will "perform age verification for the social media platform either through an uploaded selfie or 'a photo of your government ID', such as a passport." The firm claims that "Reddit will not have access to the photo, and will only retain a user's verification status and date of birth so people do not have to re-enter it each time they try to access restricted content. Reddit added that Persona 'promises not to retain the picture for longer than seven days' and will not have access to a user's data on the site." But some experts have concerns.
"David Greene, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said the UK's Online Safety Act was a 'real tragedy'. 'UK users can no longer use the internet without having to provide their papers, as it were,' he said, adding that he was disappointed websites like Reddit were not legally challenging the law."
- Massive Browser Hijack: Extensions Turn Trojan and Infect 2.3M Chrome and Edge Users [cybernews.com]
If you browse with Chrome or Edge, you should check your extensions. Researchers at Koi Security just identified 18 harmful browser extensions that have been "redirecting users to malicious sites and hijacking data." Per the researchers, "none of the 18 extensions were malicious from day one. They were popular productivity or entertainment tools, such as emoji keyboards, weather forecasts, video speed controllers," and more. "The extensions accumulated hundreds of reviews — and more than 2.3 million users — before receiving malicious updates." CyberNews has the full list, so you can check your devices, delete the extensions, and reset any compromised credentials.
- Ireland Launches Second Probe into TikTok Data Flows to China
[reuters.com]
"Ireland's powerful Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened a new inquiry into TikTok over the storage of European users' data in China after the short-video platform disclosed in April that some data had temporarily been stored on Chinese servers." The new inquiry "will look specifically at the storage of data in China, which was not considered in the previous probe."
"A spokesperson for TikTok said the company discovered the issue itself and 'promptly deleted this minimal amount of data from the servers and informed the DPC.' TikTok is appealing the May 2 fine and said the ruling risked setting a precedent with far-reaching consequences for companies and entire industries across Europe that operate on a global scale."
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