Victim records deleted after spyware vendor compromised

Categories: Personal

Tags: spyware

Tags: spying

Tags: surveillance

Tags: Brazil

Tags: phone

Tags: mobile

We take a look at another compromise of a mobile spyware app maker, and ask whether this action comes with hidden danger.

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Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge

Categories: Personal

Tags: facial recognition

Tags: surveillance

Tags: Detroit

Tags: police

Tags: law enforcement

Tags: mistaken identity

Tags: wrong

Tags: flagged

Tags: carjacking

Tags: robbery

Tags: phone

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

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Surveillance camera insecurities argument comes to one inevitable conclusion: Always update

Categories: Business

Tags: camera

Tags: CCTV

Tags: surveillance

Tags: council

Tags: organisation

Tags: government

Tags: local

Tags: china

Tags: vulnerability

Tags: flaw

Tags: fix

Tags: patch

Tags: update

We take a look at a debate over who is responsible for ensuring surveillance systems are as secure as they can be.

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

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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