Meta Suspends Internal Surveillance Tech After Sensitive Information Was Left Unsecured

Paresh Dave and Lauren Goode, Wired: Meta left potentially sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an internal security notice seen by WIRED and three current employees familiar with the issue. The data, which was collected as part of a divisive initiative to train artificial intelligence models, is believed to include keystrokes, mouseclicks, and content displayed on the computer screens of Meta’s US employees. Katie Paul and Jaspreet Singh, Reuters: Meta said on Monday it will pause an internal program that tracks ​employee mouse movements and digital activity for AI training as the ‌social media giant investigates data security concerns. Meta staying in character by doing something creepy, badly. ⌥ Permalink