The digital landscape is currently navigating a volatile intersection of convenience and vulnerability. As tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Google race to define a "passwordless future" through passkeys and automated authenticators, the rise of "agentic" AI browsers is introducing unprecedented security risks. While AI-driven security agents are helping businesses anticipate hackers, these same technologies are being weaponized by bad actors to power sophisticated scams targeting shoppers and job seekers. From high-profile data breaches on platforms like Discord to the legal battles over AI copyright and the "Grokipedia" sourcing scandals, the core tension remains: can we trust the automated systems designed to protect us when they are simultaneously expanding the surface area for attack? This post explores the shifting boundaries of digital identity, the fragility of the global cloud infrastructure, and the urgent need for transparency as AI begins to act on our behalf.
Keywords: AI Browsers, Passkeys, Cybersecurity, Prompt Injection, Data Privacy, Microsoft Copilot, Digital Identity, Deepfakes, Cloudflare Outage, AI Regulation
There are a lot of 'what ifs' surrounding AI browsers right now.
Liz Ticong, TechRepublic, Nov 06, 2025 It's a bit weitd. We use autofill all the time, and in the world of browsers (Chrome, Firefox) and password managers (I use 1Password) this use is expanding, as wdescribed here. Yet Amazon is threatening Perplexity for doing the same thing on customers' behalf. Why?...
As we navigate the bumpy road from passwords to passkeys, the authenticator already in your system could define our passwordless future.
Copilot customers will find the agents embedded in their relevant security and management dashboards.
Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and messaging app Discord. While that may seem like a small number when considering Discord has hundreds of millions of users, there is a more concerning factor here — tech companies continuing to require identification...
Discord launched new safety features aimed at helping parents stay informed about their teen's activity, the chat app announced Wednesday. Discord's Family Center will now give parents or guardians the ability to view the top five users a teen messaged and called, the servers they more frequently messaged, their total call minutes in voice and video,...
The phased rollout of Microsoft's platform authenticator strategy began last week for Edge on Windows 10 and 11. Here's what it does for you.
Google is warning users to stay alert this month as scammers step up operations across job sites, app stores and shopping platforms.In a Nov. 6 advisory, Google’s Trust and Safety team said it’s tracking a rise in sophisticated scams — many powered by AI — that target job seekers, small businesses and holiday shoppers. Here’s what to watch for:Fake...
ChatGPT creator OpenAI violated Germany's national copyright laws, according to a court in Munich.GEMA, a German music rights group, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last November claiming that the AI company illegally trained its AI models on popular music without consent from the rights holders.This week a German court ruled in favor of GEMA and ordered...
Another day, another huge internet outage, impacting sites across the internet.At 11:48 UTC on Nov. 18, Cloudflare confirmed its global network is experiencing issues impacting "multiple customers." No you're not experiencing déjà vu. This is not Cloudflare's first rodeo. Huge swathes of the internet went down in June 2025 due to Cloudflare disruption,...
Elon Musk's anti-woke Wikipedia rival, Grokipedia, is pulling information from widely blacklisted sources and known neo-Nazi sites, according to two researchers. The analysis, "What did Elon change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia," was conducted by two Cornell Tech researchers and has yet to be peer reviewed. It's the first attempt to comprehensively...
US President Donald Trump's 28-point plan for peace is viewed by many Ukrainians in Finland as a "plan for surrender".
U.S. states can craft their own AI regulations without intervention from the federal government, for now, at least.Reuters reported that the Trump administration has paused a proposed executive order that would have preempted states from enacting their own AI laws. The draft order became a matter of public concern early last week, but the White House...
Manipulated videos, including ones related to politicians deemed "high-risk," don't have to be culled from Facebook feeds, according to Meta's Oversight Board — but they should at least be better labeled. The decision Nov. 25 decision was spurred by a user who appealed to remove a viral video that appeared to show global demonstrations in favor of Philippine...
The European Commission just recently slapped Elon Musk's X with a historic $140 million fine. But, it turns out that Europe hit X with a double whammy here. According to X, the European Commission, the executive branch of the EU that enforces its laws, took advantage of a flaw in its advertising platform which helped further spread the reach of the...
The 'Verified on LinkedIn' program is now available to all websites and apps. Can you trust the internet again?
AI is still the Wild West when it comes to government regulation. But 2025 was the year U.S. states started to make an effort. Some states, including California and New York, passed legislation that required some pretty basic things from AI companies — including transparency, whistleblower protections, and the well-being of teen users in particular....
Today, Disney and OpenAI announced a surprising partnership, which will allow ChatGPT users to generate content with Disney's iconic characters.On the heels of that news, Variety reported that Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist notice on Wednesday evening, threatening legal action over the search giant's alleged use of Disney's intellection property...
Google has purged dozens of AI-generated videos from YouTube that involved characters from Disney properties, according to Variety. SEE ALSO: Even 1,001 Disney deals may not save OpenAI The move follows a cease-and-desist letter Disney sent to Google on Wednesday, the evening before Disney...
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