surveillance tech
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Campaign To Ban Face Recognition At U.S. Colleges Gathers Steam
An organised campaign against the use of biometric surveillance at universities and colleges in the U.S. is ratcheting up pressure on institutions it believes are currently using—or are likely soon to adopt—face recognition technology.
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70,000 Tinder Photos Of Women Just Got Dumped On A Cyber-Crime Forum
More than 70,000 photos of Tinder users are being shared by members of an internet cyber-crime forum, Gizmodo has learned, raising concerns about the potential for abusive use of the photos. Ominously, only women appear to have been targeted.
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Ring Sure Does Have A Lot Of Password Leaks That Are Entirely Your Fault
One of Ring’s stated goals is to “reduce crime in neighbourhoods by connecting people.” What customers didn’t expect is that those people would be criminals who’d be spying on them in their homes, occasionally yelling racist or threatening things at their children.
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U.S. Aims To Expand Facial Recognition At Border To Include Citizens
Facial recognition technology has been creeping into American airports for a few years, but now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is trying to give its agents the ability to perform mandatory face scans on all U.S. citizens travelling into and out of the country.