Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:21 +0000
A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9Wtt8BCE-R8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:28:05 +0000
It’s both a genius move to protect from assault and fraud and a personal data grab.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/knmm8T6klTY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:59:05 +0000
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| In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy. Categories: Tags: AB 602AB 730CaliforniaDEEP FAKES Accountability ActdeepfakeDeepfake Report Actdeepfakesdeepfakes lawsdeepfakes legislationDeeptraceelection interferenceGavin NewsomIOGAN ActMarylandMassachusettsNational Defense Authorization ActNDAANew Yorknonconsensual deepfake pornographynonconsensual pornorgraphyrevenge pornRogue OneSAG-AFTRAScreen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio ArtistsStar WarsStar Wars: Rogue OnetexasVirginia |
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:38:05 +0000
Our unique dancing style can be used by a machine-learning model to ID us, regardless of musical genre. Unless it’s Metal. We all headbang.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uprytRWl518″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:59:27 +0000
“People think they’re going to put on a cute filter and have puppy dog ears, and not realize that that data’s being collected.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WEGyDh5kmBU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:59:33 +0000
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| Rather than creating new policies or crimes for deepfakes—like making it illegal to use them to deceive—the NDAA seeks a better understanding to the burgeoning technology. Categories: Tags: Barack ObamaBoris JohnsoncheapfakedeepfakedeepfakesDepartment of DefenseDirector of National IntelligenceDNIGavin NewsomGovernor Gavin NewsomJeremy CorbynNancy PelosiNational Defense Authorization ActNDAAPeople’s Republic of ChinaPresident ObamaredditRussian Federation |
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Credit to Author: Michelle Davidson| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:46:00 -0800
If blockchain felt more like hype than reality in 2019, prepare for that to change. Industry watchers expect 2020 to be the year the distributed ledger technology matures and we see use cases that go beyond cryptocurrency.
Areas where experts envision growth include data security, the supply chain and electronic health records.
“Someone’s gonna hit me, but I think blockchain as it relates to data security (think access management) is going to have some landmark use cases in 2020,” Siobhan Climer, science and technology writer at Mindsight, said during a recent IDG TECH(talk) Twitter chat.
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:42:34 +0000
It’s built on junk science, yet it’s being used to determine who gets hired, fired, insured, medicated and more, the research institute says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MWAhLktWa8c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:44:00 -0800
Advertising has become too personal.
Modern systems learn too much about your personal life, tastes and aspirations, and while this is manna from heaven for advertisers, it’s an invasion of privacy for many. And Apple is changing the equation.
Apple has built a technology that reduces the quantity of data advertisers can harvest from your online life. It is called Intelligent Tracking Prevention and The Information tells us that since the technology debuted in 2017:
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:44:00 -0800
Advertising has become too personal.
Modern systems learn too much about your personal life, tastes and aspirations, and while this is manna from heaven for advertisers, it’s an invasion of privacy for the many. And Apple is changing the equation.
Apple has built a technology that reduces the quantity of data advertisers can harvest from your online life. It is called Intelligent Tracking Prevention and The Information tells us that since the tech debuted in 2017: