surveillance
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Privacy Advocates Lambast Virginia for Ditching Police Facial Recognition Ban
A patchwork of individual state privacy laws isn’t filling the hole left by absent federal government regulation on facial recognition. Virginia, which approved a ban on local police use of biometric identification tools around a year ago, formally bailed on the law’s most substantive measures on Friday. Now, under an amended bill, law enforcement can implement…
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Everyone Sees Something Different On Delta’s New Face Recognition Airport Display
Finding your flight information on those giant densely packed airport screens can often feel as daunting as trying to interpret a wall of hieroglyphics without the Rosetta Stone. But Delta passengers travelling through Detroit will have a much easier time as a new display being installed there tailors the on-screen information to whoever’s looking at…
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Facial Recognition May Not Be Banned After All
Following efforts to ban the use of facial recognition technology by authorities, it seems that some cities are having second thoughts amidst an increase in their crime rate. Some U.S. states and cities are now moving to eliminate their ban on facial recognition including Virginia, California, and New Orleans, according to Reuters.
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This Website Can Figure Out What You’re Typing Just By Listening to Your Loud Mechanical Keyboard
Need another reason to skip the upgrade to a clackety mechanical keyboard, besides a little sympathy for your co-workers who will undoubtedly suffer from your furious typing? It turns out that all that’s needed to eavesdrop on what’s being typed on a loud keyboard is a microphone and some clever software.