Japan’s police introduce facial recognition system in criminal probes
About 10 million facial images are currently stored in the agency’s database, including those of suspects referred to prosecutors who […]
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European Police Malware Could Harvest GPS, Messages, Passwords, More
The malware that French law enforcement deployed en masse onto Encrochat devices, a large encrypted phone network using Android phones, […]
IRS offers grants for software to trace privacy-focused cryptocurrency trades
Grants of up to $625,000 will be issued in exchange for cryptocurrency tracking technologies. The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
IBM pushes for US to limit facial recognition system exports
IBM has called for the US Department of Commerce to limit the export of facial recognition systems, particularly to countries […]
Oracle Enters Deal with TikTok to be “Trusted Tech Provider” to the U.S
Oracle, of the nation’s largest data brokers, has confirmed a deal with TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to become a “trusted […]
Privacy laws might prove to be a blessing in disguise for crypto
With government agencies getting more savvy at tracing blockchain transactions, laws like the EU’s GDPR may play a role. The […]
Portland, Oregon Becomes First Jurisdiction in U.S. to Ban the Commercial Use of Facial Recognition Technology
On September 9, 2020, Portland, Oregon became the first jurisdiction in the country to ban the commercial use of facial […]
Google adds new privacy controls in Android 11 launch
A number of privacy controls featured in Google’s release of Android 11. Chief among these is the function to allow […]
Portland City Council Votes to Ban Facial Recognition
The Portland City Council has passed two ordinances banning the use of facial recognition. One ordinance prohibits the city from […]
Apple delays new anti-tracking privacy feature for phones and tablets
Apple has delayed the introduction of a stricter privacy feature designed to stop apps and websites tracking people online without […]
Doorbell Cameras Help to Spy on Police
Two leaked documents show how a monitoring tool used by police has been turned against them. The rise of the […]
Facebook open-sources differential privacy tool
Facebook’s Opacus is a library for training PyTorch models with differential privacy that’s ostensibly more scalable than existing state-of-the-art methods. […]