January 16, 2020

College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus

Fight for the Future is building on its success in pressuring concert promoters to back off of plans to use the technology at festivals.

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January 14, 2020

Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill

Google is testing out a feature to make Android's built-in password manager safer.

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January 13, 2020

Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16

If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.

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October 29, 2019

New Facebook AI fools facial recognition

The technology - which Facebook won't use in its own apps - subtly distorts face images so they're still recognizable, but not to machines.

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October 21, 2019

Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed

There's a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner.

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October 21, 2019

Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader beaten by $3 gel protector

The fingerprint reader on Samsung’s flagship S10 and Note10 smartphones can be spoofed with a $3 screen protector.

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October 10, 2019

California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams

The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.

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October 08, 2019

Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

It's coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator's protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.

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September 26, 2019

Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people's faceprints - the same law Facebook's battling.

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