5 stories tagged #facial recognition

  1. Meta Pushes Facial Recognition onto Smart Glasses Without User Notice
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    Meta Pushes Facial Recognition onto Smart Glasses Without User Notice

    Meta quietly added facial recognition software to its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, sparking privacy concerns.

    2w ago 1 min read
  2. Amazon Hit with $5M Class-Action Over Ring Facial Recognition
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    Amazon Hit with $5M Class-Action Over Ring Facial Recognition

    Amazon faces a $5M lawsuit over Ring's Familiar Faces feature, alleging illegal facial data collection without consent.

    2w ago 1 min read
  3. Facial Recognition Error Lands Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Five Months
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    Facial Recognition Error Lands Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Five Months

    A Tennessee grandmother was arrested based on faulty facial recognition, spending months in jail for a crime she didn't commit.

    last mo. 1 min read
  4. Disney's Facial Recognition Gates: Speed vs. Privacy
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    Disney's Facial Recognition Gates: Speed vs. Privacy

    Disney uses facial recognition at park entrances for faster entry and fraud prevention. Opt-out lanes available.

    last mo. 2 min read
  5. Global Surveillance Stack Built Fastest in Vulnerable Regions, Silicon Valley Silent
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    Global Surveillance Stack Built Fastest in Vulnerable Regions, Silicon Valley Silent

    A critical look at the rapid expansion of surveillance technology in developing nations, and the lack of discussion from Western tech hubs.

    4mo ago 2 min read