When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face
“If you don’t include people with disabilities or people with facial differences in the development of these processes,…
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
That suggests anyone could set up similar hardware somewhere else in the world and likely obtain their own…
Welcome to the ‘papers, please’ internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more…
New WiFi tech can accurately identify individuals without devices
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have demonstrated that it is possible to identify individuals using…
Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator – POLITICO
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner enforces Europe’s mighty General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on many of the world’s…
Expensive theatrics or something more?
CTOs should ask whether the sovereignty premium delivers real value for their risk profile The UK stands at…
Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training
Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange…
Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI
Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange…
Skinny Dipping Event Puts Ban on Photography After ‘Too Many Cameras’
A skinny dipping event in the UK has been forced to implement what it calls photography restrictions after…
Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it. – POLITICO
European rulemakers in 2009 revised a law called the e-Privacy Directive to require websites to get consent from…
Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images In July, the United Kingdom began implementing major parts of the Online Safety…
A mahjongg newbie tried to bully her way into our game
Dear Eric: I am a mahjongg enthusiast and instructor, and I run a mahjongg social at a public…