Outdated privacy settings? Here's how to lock down your data against AI threats

Outdated privacy settings? Here’s how to lock down your data against AI threats AI‑powered cyberattacks are no longer a future risk — they are happening now. Phishing emails generated by large language models are harder to spot. Automated scraping tools harvest personal data from public profiles at scale. And password‑cracking algorithms can test billions of combinations in minutes. For most people, the privacy settings they set a year or two ago were designed for a world without these capabilities. It is time to update them. ...

June 21, 2026 · 5 min · BriefArc Desk