Facial Recognition – Computer Security Articles

Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge

August 9, 2023 admin Carjacking, Detroit, Facial Recognition, flagged, law enforcement, mistaken identity, personal, phone, Police, robbery, SURVEILLANCE, wrong

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We take a look at another case of facial recognition technology getting it wrong in the land of law enforcement.

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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

May 18, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, biometrics, blake hall, cyberscoop, Facial Recognition, Federal Trade Commission, ftc chair lina khan, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, sen. alex padilla, sen. cory booker, sen. edward markey, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Coming Storm, tonya riley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 16:55:40 +0000

Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.

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“Ethnicity recognition” tool listed on surveillance camera app store built by fridge-maker’s video analytics startup

February 24, 2022 admin App Store, azena, bosch, ethnicity recognition, Facial Recognition, google play store, privacy, SURVEILLANCE, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:37:51 +0000

A video analytics startup has built an app store for unproven facial recognition tools that can be loaded onto surveillance cameras.

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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

February 21, 2022 admin cubi, dtpa, face recognition, Facebook, Facial Recognition, jerome presenti, ken paxton, meta, privacy, state of texas, texas capture or use of biometric identifier act, texas deceptive trade practices consumer protection act, yann lecun

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:12:18 +0000

The suit alleges that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texans, including non-Facebook users.

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IRS abandons facial recognition plans for online services

February 9, 2022 admin dhss, DMV, Facial Recognition, irs, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:19:35 +0000

After multiple objections, the IRS is abandoning plans to integrate facial recognition tech into its online services.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 133

March 17, 2020 admin cambridge analytica, coronavirus, Facebook, Facial Recognition, news, podcast, privacy, SCAM

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:15:55 +0000

Dave and Jeff discuss scammers’ use of coronavirus, facial recognition on college campuses, Comcast leaking unlisted contact details of 200,000 customers, and more.

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Washington Privacy Act welcomed by corporate and nonprofit actors

February 4, 2020 admin 2019 washington privacy act, 2020 washington privacy act, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, Consumer Reports, data portability, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Facial Recognition, future of privacy forum, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, microsoft, personal data, privacy, right to access, right to correct, right to delete, senator reuven carlyle, sensitive data, washington privacy act, washington privacy act 2019, washington privacy act 2020, WPA

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:35:25 +0000

The Washington Privacy Act would extend new data rights of access, correction, and deletion to Washington residents, with new rules on facial recognition.

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A week in security (October 14 – 20)

October 21, 2019 admin a week in security, Amazon, dark web, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, Facebook, Facial Recognition, instagram, jackpot, jackpotting, kindle, mark zuckerberg, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, Oracle, Password, passwords, phish, phishing, phishing scam, ransomware, Tor, Tor Browser, us customs and border enforcement, VPN, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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