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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 ...
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EU top court bans US-EU data sharing deal over surveillance fears
The EU's Court of Justice has struck down its Privacy Shield pact with the United States due to concerns about US surveillance. ...
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Here’s how to manage your remote worker’s device security
One of the biggest consequences of COVID-19 for enterprises beyond 2020 will be the acceleration of the trend to working the majority of the working week from home. Already organizations were encouraged to look into it on the promise that each employee working from home would, ...
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The evolution of home security — and the latest trends keeping us safe
If you had to render an opinion, would you say the world is a more or less dangerous place today than it was, say, ten years ago? Popular perception, driven perhaps by media sensationalism of both factual and fictional violence, is that we live in more perilous times. But statistics ...
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Troubled facial recognition startup Clearview AI pulls out of Canada — before it was pushed
Dystopian surveillance firm Clearview AI has stopped offering its facial recognition service in Canada, the government's ...
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If I go to a protest, what kind of personal information might police collect about me?
On the evening of May 29, New Yorkers went out by the thousands for the first big day of protests following the murder of George Floyd. If they were checking Twitter as they headed out the door, they may have seen a surprising warning issued by Terri Rosenblatt, supervising attorney ...
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What are my photos revealing about me?
For years, tech savvy people have known that photos shot on your phone contain lots of information that you may not want revealed. The specific model of phone you use and the precise time and location of where the photo was shot are all saved in the photo’s metadata. This information ...
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Microsoft's pause on facial recognition sales could speed up federal rules
Microsoft is banning police from using its facial recognition tech until federal regulation is in place, says the company's ...
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EU privacy watchdog thinks that Clearview AI is illegal
Clearview AI's planned expansion into the EU hit a roadblock yesterday when the bloc's privacy watchdog said it "doubts" ...
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Who’s allowed to track my kids online?
For two decades children’s digital privacy in the United States has been regulated by a national law: the Children’s ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #19: Paying for Privacy
Zoom confirmed that it plans to offer stronger encryption features only for its paying users. It won't be extended to the ...
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7 ways to keep your personal information safe during protests
Protesting in the United States, and in many countries around the world, is a legally protected right — theoretically. ...
