Exclusive: Senator calls on Commerce to tighten proposed rules on exporting surveillance, hacking tech to problematic nations

Ron Wyden, D-Ore., fears the regulations have a major loophole and don’t cover enough repressive governments’ agencies.

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Facial recognition data breach: Meta glasses extract info in real time

In what might be described as a real-life Black Mirror episode, a Harvard student uses facial recognition with $379 Meta Ray-Ban 2 smart sunglasses – to dig up personal data on every face he sees in real time.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: L… Continue reading Facial recognition data breach: Meta glasses extract info in real time

Controversial Clearview AI Added to US Government’s Tech Marketplace

By Waqas
Ukraine used Clearview AI, now it is up for grabs by US Defense agencies!
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Wearable face sensors add to the evolution of tech that “gets” us

If humanoid robots are ever going to fully integrate in society, they’re going to need to get good at reading our emotional states and responding appropriately. A new wearable from researchers in Korea could help them do just that.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Wearable face sensors add to the evolution of tech that “gets” us

Smashing Security podcast #357: Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

The iPhone security setting that you should enable right now, the worrying way that AI is predicting what criminals look like, and we play a game of face fake or real…

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Facial recognition app helps scientists identify rabies-vaccinated dogs

In regions where dogs often run loose, don’t wear tags and aren’t microchipped, it can be difficult for authorities to keep track of which ones have already been vaccinated against rabies. A new app could help, by identifying individual dogs via facial… Continue reading Facial recognition app helps scientists identify rabies-vaccinated dogs

Video-to-sound tech allows blind people to recognize faces

Neuroscientists have shown that blind people recognize basic faces using the same brain regions as sighted people – even if the face shapes are delivered as audio rather than through the visual cortex – in an interesting look into neuroplasticity.Conti… Continue reading Video-to-sound tech allows blind people to recognize faces