Automated facial recognition trials backed by UK home secretary
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has given his backing to the police in their trials of facial recognition cameras. The surveillance […]
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The ugly side of Facebook’s pivot to privacy is starting to show
It’s been four months now since Facebook announced its intention to invest more heavily in private groups and messaging, and […]
Blockchain startup JEDTrade launches privacy-protected data exchange platform
Singapore-based blockchain startup JEDTrade has launched Jupiter Chain – a consent-able data exchange platform that enables the use of data […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are […]
German schools ban Office 365 due to privacy concerns
The German state of Hesse has ruled it’s illegal for its schools to use Office 365 after years of debate […]
Palantir Manual Shows How Law Enforcement Tracks Families
Palantir’s surveillance software has become a backbone of US law enforcement, particularly Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Palantir’s secret user manuals […]
Facebook tries to make ad targeting explanations more useful
Facebook has been adding new tools to provide more transparency about why users are seeing certain ads and content (and […]
Facebook’s face recognition software should worry us.
Facebook holds “the largest facial dataset to date”—powered by DeepFace, Facebook’s deep-learning facial recognition system. Policymakers and experts are now […]
European Commission Releases Factsheet on Artificial Intelligence
On July 4, 2019, the European Commission published a factsheet on artificial intelligence for Europe. In the Factsheet, the European […]
You’re responsible for getting permission from subjects if you want to use Windows Photos’ facial recog feature
Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to the Photos app in Windows 10 that prompts you to confirm “all […]
How Microsoft Plan to Empower Users to Own and Control Personal Data
Microsoft presented a vast blockchain-related plan: a decentralized identity (DID) network built atop of the bitcoin network, which can potentially empower […]
EU High-Level Working Group on AI launches pilot phase of Ethics Guidelines and publishes Recommendations for Trustworthy AI
On June 26, 2019, the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG) announced two important developments: (1) the launch of […]