This AI Knows Who You Are by the Way You Walk
Our individual walking styles, much like snowflakes, are unique. With this in mind, computer scientists have developed a powerful new […]
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Why a DNA data breach is much worse than a credit card leak
Why would hackers want DNA information specifically? And what are the implications of a big DNA breach? One simple reason is […]
Researchers develop AI that can defeat facial recognition systems
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed an adversarial neural network that can defeat facial recognition systems. Researchers claim that […]
Facial matching system risks racial bias
Facial matching technology proposed by the government risks racial bias and would have a chilling effect on the right to […]
Amazon Is Under Fire for Selling Controversial Facial Recognition Tech to Police
The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool […]
Encrypted Genomic Data Means Privacy in Research
A new encryption tool could allow for massive genetic studies without having to reveal the identities of people who contributed […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
It’s a powerful tool, but recent incidents have shown that there’s no winning with facial recognition. For an extreme example […]
Russia’s Draft law proposes data subjects “choose processing purposes”
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (‘Minsvyaz’) issued, on 25 April 2018, a draft Federal […]
EU Commission proposes making fingerprints mandatory in ID cards
Identity cards held by EU citizens will be required to include digital images of the holder’s fingerprints as part of […]
Singapore to Test Facial Recognition on Lampposts, Stoking Privacy Fears
In the not too distant future, surveillance cameras sitting atop over 100,000 lampposts in Singapore could help authorities pick out […]
Probing your DNA could trigger future privacy violations
In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data scandal, experts are warning about the potential dangers of handing […]
New Zealand police eyeing up newer, smarter CCTV facial recognition technology
Cops look to upgrade their CCTV surveillance technology, sparking calls for a privacy debate. With a network of CCTV cameras […]