Facebook Sunsets Face Recognition, Deletes Data, Amidst Concerns
Facebook users can no longer use face recognition for tagging photos and videos. This change will also affect Facebook's AAT technology.
Facebook users can no longer use face recognition for tagging photos and videos. This change will also affect Facebook's AAT technology.
Google Chrome for iOS now allows you to lock your incognito tabs behind Face ID so other people can't snoop on what sites you are visiting.
Immersive Labs Researcher takes advantage of lax Fitbit privacy controls to build a malicious spyware watch face.
Can face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks? Even the best facial recognition algorithms tested had error rates between 5% and 50%.
Facebook has begun rolling out additional security features for its dedicated chat application, Messenger, that will make it essentially impossible for anyone to read your conversations in the app -- even if you give someone your phone. Facebook describes this feature, called App Lock, as giving users "the confidence to know that if a friend or family member needs to borrow your phone, they won't be able to access your chats."
Facial recognition technology is still misidentifying people at an alarming rate – even as it’s being used by police departments to make arrests. In fact, Paul Bischoff, consumer privacy expert with Comparitech, found that Amazon’s face recognition platform incorrectly misidentified more than 100 photos of US and UK lawmakers as criminals.
