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author: Mallory Knodel

AI Has Entered the Encrypted Chat

AI Has Entered the Encrypted Chat

In our main article today, Mallory and Cornell University PhD student Andrés Fábrega break down how AI bots are creeping into encrypted chats, and what that means for privacy. Can Bots Read Your Encrypted Messages? Encryption, Privacy, and the Emerging AI Dilemma By Mallory Knodel and Andrés Fábrega, originally published

The Future 🔮 of Messaging: Interoperability Meets Encryption

The Future 🔮 of Messaging: Interoperability Meets Encryption

The EU’s Digital Markets Act is forcing end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms to play nice, starting with WhatsApp. But will interoperability actually open up the market, as it's intended to do, or make big players even stronger? Mallory Knodel breaks down the tech, the trade-offs, and what’s

Trump’s Second Term: Six Predictions for the Future of Encryption

Trump’s Second Term: Six Predictions for the Future of Encryption

But first: Teaching AI to Respect Boundaries The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) just announced a new working group (AI-Control) to help content publishers control how AI systems use their data. Building on tools like robots.txt—which was designed to manage web crawler access, not AI scraping—the group

When AI Meets End-to-End Encryption

When AI Meets End-to-End Encryption

But first: Introducing our new Editor-in-Chief! Audrey Hingle brings over a decade of editorial experience to The Internet Exchange. With a passion for ethical technology and expertise in content strategy, she’s eager to spotlight the stories that matter. Share your story ideas with her at editor@exchangepoint.tech. How

Brazil vs. X and France vs. Telegram... vs. users

Brazil vs. X and France vs. Telegram... vs. users

10 ways the internet makes things worse for human rights

10 ways the internet makes things worse for human rights

The internet has facilitated a new era of challenges and threats to human rights. While it has enabled e-commerce, it has exacerbated inequality. While it has democratized freedom of expression, it has given a megaphone to hate speech. While it has lowered barriers to access information, it has proliferated misinformation.