Sidney Fussell
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Inmates ‘Hack’ Prison-Issued Tablets, Swiping $300,000 In In-App Bucks For Music And Games
Hundreds of inmates in Idaho prison facilities reportedly exploited a “hack” that allowed them to illegitimately add nearly a quarter-million-dollars worth of credits from prison-issued tablets into their accounts.
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Can We Make Non-Racist Face Recognition?
Illustration: Angelica Alzona As companies race to employ facial recognition everywhere from major league ballparks to your local school and summer camp, we face tough questions about the technology’s potential to intensify racial bias; Commercial face recognition software has repeatedly been shown to be less accurate on people with darker skin, and civil rights advocates…
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Chinese Police Are Using Data From Sewer Water To Track, Arrest Illegal Drug Manufacturers
The surveillance state is now entering sewers.
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Facebook’s Ad Tools Labelled Thousands Of Users As ‘Interested’ In Treason
Facebook is apologising after its algorithms tagged 65,000 Russian users as “interested in treason”. Facebook algorithmically tags users based on their behaviour, making it easier for advertisers to target people interested in specific topics. In this case, however, the tag “treason” may have put users under the threat of government intervention. Facebook says it has…