I've opened up this week's Metacurity best infosec-related long reads issues to everyone because there is a spate of stories on the creeping level of citizen and consumer surveillance that deserve attention.
Today's issue covers
--Hacked cameras become weapons of war,
--China deepens its surveillance,
--Uganda slides into surveillance authoritarianism,
--Outlit wants AI agents to watch customers,
--Russian bots blackout is a myth,
--Goodfire essay on neural networks is all the rage
https://www.metacurity.com/surveillance-without-borders-weaponized-cameras-and-the-russian-bot-myth-best-infosec-long-reads-10-17-26/
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