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Pardon the Intrusion #34: Cyberbaddies had a field day in 2020
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Pardon the Intrusion #30: Your data is up for sale
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Pardon the Intrusion #29: Ransomware gang turns Robin Hood
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Pardon the Intrusion #28: Your 2FA phone got stolen. Now what?
Losing your 2FA phone can be a frustrating experience. But it doesn't have to be. Here's what you can do to quickly recover ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #26: Facial recognition? That's a no from me, dog
Portland, Oregon has become the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition tech by both public and private businesses. ...
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Portland becomes first US city to ban companies from using facial recognition in public places
Portland is the first city in the US to bar both businesses and public agencies from using facial recognition. Will the rest ...
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Here are the biased algorithms the UK government uses to make high-level decisions
The recent use of an algorithm to calculate the graduating grades of secondary school students in England provoked so much public anger at its perceived unfairness that it’s widely become known as the “A-levels fiasco.” As a result of the outrage - and the looming threat of ...
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Apple delays privacy feature to opt out of online ad tracking until 2021
Apple has announced that it's delaying the rollout of a proposed privacy tweak in iOS 14 that allows users to opt out of ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #25: Ransomware goes pro
Ransomware is quickly shaping up to be one the most significant online security threats of our era. And there's no end in ...
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British police to trial facial recognition system that detects your mood
Lincolnshire police plan to test facial recognition and behavioral tech that infers people's moods and expressions by analyzing ...
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TikTok's older version collected device identification data, violating Google’s app store policy
TikTok has faced a lot of scrutiny for its data collection practices. It's one of the many reasons why the app might get banned in the US. And a new privacy issue will not help its cause. The app's older Android version collected MAC addresses of devices -- a practice banned by Google. An ...
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UK court rules police use of facial recognition was 'unlawful'
In a landmark decision, judges said South Wales Police's use of facial recognition breached human rights and data protection ...
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Deepfakes are the most worrying AI crime, researchers warn
Deepfake videos and audio are the most concerning use of AI for crime and terrorism, according to a new report from University ...
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New AI tool detects child sexual abuse material with '99% precision'
A new AI-powered tool called Safer aims to stem the flow of child sexual abuse content, find the victims, and identify ...
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This AI uses emoji to protect BLM protestors from facial recognition
Stanford Machine Learning researchers have develop an anonymization tool called the BLMPrivacyBot that covers the faces of ...
