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The policy, which takes effect Sept. 29, follows intense scrutiny over Twitter’s lack of account authentication and fraud on the platform.
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The proposed law comes as police departments around the country for their use of facial recognition to identify allegedly violent Black Lives Matter protesters. Continue reading Senate Bill Would Expand Facial-Recognition Restrictions Nationwide
Watchdog group said company has violated the Illinois BIPA and ‘will end privacy as we know it’ without intervention. Continue reading ACLU Sues Clearview AI Over Faceprint Collection, Sale
We discuss the importance of implementing practices for the responsible and ethical use of biometrics.
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On June 10, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) announced that it—well, a contractor of its—had suffered a data breach involving photographs of persons and license plates of cars at its ports of entry. There are a bunch of lessons to be learn… Continue reading Security Lessons From the CPB Biometric Data Breach
Why would someone bother to hack a so-called “ultra-secure encrypted database that is being protected behind 13 feet high and 5 feet thick walls,” when one can simply fetch a copy of the same data from other sources.
French security researcher Baptist… Continue reading LPG Gas Company Leaked Details, Aadhaar Numbers of 6.7 Million Indian Customers
Forget fingerprint authentication, retinal scanning or advanced facial recognition that has recently been implemented by Apple in its iPhone X—researchers developed a new authentication system that doesn’t require any of your interaction, as simply being near your device is more than enough.
A group of computer scientists at the University of Buffalo, New York, have developed a new
Continue reading Cardiac Scan Authentication — Your Heart As Your Password
WikiLeaks has just published another Vault 7 leak, revealing how the CIA spies on their intelligence partners around the world, including FBI, DHS and the NSA, to covertly collect data from their systems.
The CIA offers a biometric collection system—with predefined hardware, operating system, and software—to its intelligence liaison partners around the world that helps them voluntary share
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If your account gets hacked these days, the first thing you’ll do typically is reset your password, maybe beef up your security settings, and proceed to use the account or app again. But what if hackers get their hands on your fingerprint, iris or other biometric data? You can’t just change your fingerprints or eyes on a whim. That’s where a New York City startup called… Read More Continue reading HYPR raises $3 million to keep hackers from getting their hands on your fingerprints