You Switched to Claude Over Surveillance Fears. Now It Wants Your Passport

Reported by Jose Antonio Lanz (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://decrypt.co/364509/claude-anthropic-government-id-kyc-privacy?amp=1) Anthropic quietly published identity verification requirements for Claude this week, asking certain users to hand over a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie. Something its competitors don’t require. “We are rolling out identity verification for a few use cases, and you […]

How Switzerland got caught in the Magnitsky case – again

Reported by Elena Servettaz (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-position/how-switzerland-got-caught-in-the-magnitsky-case-again/91255290) Switzerland’s handling of the long-running Magnitsky affair has once again come under international scrutiny, as European lawmakers prepare to formally criticize the country’s response to one of the most consequential money-laundering cases tied to Russia. The case, rooted in a $230 […]