American police have been reluctant to use systems that can scan live video for the faces of “persons of interest.” Amazon wants to change that with a cheaper, cloud-based version of the technology.
Source: www.npr.org/2018/05/22/613115969/orlando-police-testing-amazons-real-time-facial-recognition
One citizen demands: “Do you know why Oakland is spying on me and my wife?”
It can be done but it’s not easy.
Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance changes. It will ask people to review how Facebook applies data from the web to target them with ads, and surface the sensitive profile info they share. Facebook will also allowâ¦
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would continue requiring people to accept targeted ads as a condition of using its service, a stance that may help keep its business model largely intact despite a new European Union privacy law.
Consumer Reports explains how Facebook tracks consumers across many websites, gathering data even if you who don’t have a Facebook or Instagram account.
Source: www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-facebook-tracks-you-even-when-youre-not-on-facebook/
ProPublica built software and a machine-learning algorithm to allow Facebook users to send us the political ads that appear on their Facebook news feeds.
Source: www.propublica.org/article/how-we-are-monitoring-political-ads-on-facebook
When Europe begins enforcing sweeping new privacy rules next month, it will have a major impact on U.S. tech companies, both large and small. And it could affect American Internet users as well.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Estelle Massé, senior policy analyst for Access Now â a non-profit organization devoted to open and secure communications worldwide â about the new law adopted by the European Union to protect online privacy.
Source: www.npr.org/2018/04/16/602971733/what-the-european-unions-new-online-privacy-law-means-for-the-u-s
In China, there’s nowhere to hide from the combo of cameras, facial recognition, AI, and all-knowing database.
Source: www.pcmag.com/news/360413/facial-recognition-spots-criminal-in-crowd-of-60-000
Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.
Source: nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html