The CSI Enhance Button Is a Lie: What Image Al Really DoesPop culture has trained us to believe in a magic “enhance” button. The detective yells, the tech zooms in, and suddenly a blurry security cam shot reveals a perfect face. In reality, that’s impossible. Image enhancement tools don’t recover lost detail. They can only…
Ghost in the Pixels: How Hidden Image Payloads Target AI Users Recent research from Trail of Bits shows how attackers can hide instructions inside images – – instructions that only reveal themselves once processed by AI systems. This has been demonstrated to work against platforms like Gemini, Vertex AI, and Google Assistant. Nothing theoretical here….
Politi-Spam: Apple, Gmail, and the Data Broker Machine Your phone shouldn’t be a campaign donation funnel. Apple just agreed. In June, Apple announced a new “Unknown Senders” folder in iMessage. Texts from unknown numbers (including political fundraisers) no longer light up your lock screen. They slip quietly into a side folder. Still delivered. Still readable….