Congress eyes killing controversial surveillance program
Momentum is growing in Congress to reject the Trump administration’s request to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program. Lawmakers have until […]
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Moscow deploys facial recognition technology for coronavirus quarantine
Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus […]
Automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, says EU digital chief
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital affairs, has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR as […]
EU backs away from call for blanket ban on facial recognition tech
New draft of AI paper drops suggestion of five-year moratorium on surveillance tech. In a draft of a paper on […]
The state of tracking and data privacy in 2020
January 2020 felt like a turning point. CCPA went into effect, Google Chrome became the latest browser to commit to […]
Mobile Device IDs Will Be The Next Ad Tracker To Bite The Dust
Neither Apple nor Google – which is fresh off announcing its plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome less than […]
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules
A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates […]
Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram’s tracking algorithm
Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can’t be tied to a single person. If […]
European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
Statement comes after leaked memo on use of technology in security provoked outcry The European parliament has insisted it has […]
Hiding in plain sight: activists don camouflage to beat Met surveillance
Privacy campaigners bid to beat police facial recognition plans by wearing ‘dazzle’ makeup. Wearing makeup has long been seen as […]
Chicago police using controversial Clearview AI facial recognition tool that taps photos from Facebook, other sites
The Chicago Police Department is using a controversial facial recognition tool that allows investigators to search an image of unknown […]
Avast Is Going To Stop Selling Your Web Habits
Avast, one of the world’s biggest antivirus and security companies, announced plans to wind up its subsidiary Jumpshot after a […]