technology

January 30, 2021

More than half App Store privacy labels false in small-scale spot checks

spot-checks by the Washington Post found that more than half the apps they reviewed were either misleading or completely false

A man with short hair and a slight smile is facing forward. There is a digital overlay on his face displaying facial recognition features, with lines and points marking facial geometry. To the left, the word "PROCESSING" is shown above a progress bar. The background is blurred.

January 29, 2021

Deepfakes Expose Cracks in Virtual ID Verification

The emergence of free, powerful, and easy-to-use deepfake applications has given rise to a new, viable attack vector.

January 29, 2021

Police Say They Can Use Facial Recognition, Despite Bans

More than a dozen cities have passed facial recognition bans in the past couple of years, but police say there are loopholes.

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January 28, 2021

This Site Published Every Face From Parler’s Capitol Riot Videos

Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.

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January 28, 2021

New tool makes it possible to do research on patient records without seeing sensitive information

Researchers have developed a new tool that can collect information from electronic health records without disclosing sensitive patient information.

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January 28, 2021

Google eyes privacy-friendly substitute to cookies

Tests show advertisers can expect at least 95% of conversions per dollar spent on ads, compared to cookie-based advertising, Google said.

A laptop displaying a digital lock icon with the word "Secured" and a checkmark on the screen is placed on a round wooden table. The screen shows a map of the world in the background. A small gray clock and a potted plant are also on the table, with a window view behind them.

January 28, 2021

Tech companies warn EU lawmakers over ‘anti-encryption’ push

Four European apps which secure user data via end-to-end encryption, ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota, have issued a joint-statement warning over recent moves by EU institutions that they say are setting lawmakers on a dangerous path to backdooring encryption.