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Pardon the Intrusion #26: Facial recognition? That’s a no from me, dog
Portland becomes first US city to ban companies from using facial recognition in public places
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Here are the biased algorithms the UK government uses to make high-level decisions
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
