Biometrics Growth Draws Investment in Online ID, Credentials and Law Enforcement
By Chris Burt Huge investments in biometrics for identity verification and ID documents dominated the headlines on Biometric Update this week, with ID.me claiming the…
Privacy
Biden Looking at Expanding Internet Surveillance After Discord Leaks
By Dave DeCamp The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted…
Utah Mandates Blockchain Pilot for Digital ID Issuance
By Chris Burt Utah’s Division of Technology Services has been tasked with piloting a blockchain system for Verifiable Credentials that can be used to issue…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tesla due to Allegations that Employees Shared Videos and Images of Customers Taken by Car Cameras
By B.N. Frank Earlier this month it was reported that since 2019, Tesla employees had been sharing videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras. …
Students and Staff Concerned about 300+ “Mites” with “microphone, infrared sensor, thermometer, and six other sensors” in University Building
By B.N. Frank For those trying to keep up with all the tech being invented to spy on us while wirelessly frying us, here’s an…
FTC Plans to Sue Amazon for Illegally Collecting and Using Kids’ Data through Smart Speakers and Possibly Other Bad Behavior
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart” technology. In regard to “smart” home devices,…
Drive or Ride in a Tesla? Employees Shared “sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras”
By B.N. Frank There’s a saying “Any publicity is good publicity”. That hasn’t been the case for Tesla or company owner Elon Musk. It’s not…
Signed as Law: Idaho Prohibits Requiring Credit Card Tracking Codes on Firearms Purchases
By T.J. Martinell Yesterday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law prohibiting financial institutions from using Merchant Category Codes (MCC) to identify or…
Clearview AI Copied 30B Images Without Users’ Permission from Social Media Sites; Customers Include “more than 3,100 US agencies”
By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased, inaccurate, and privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…
The Digital Iron Curtain: How the RESTRICT Act Threatens to Devastate Privacy and Crush Free Speech Online
By Matt Agorist In an era where the world has become more Orwellian than Orwell himself could have ever imagined, it should come as no…
No Mandatory Adult Vaccine Database in New York – ACT NOW!
By John Gilmore Three things you need to do: Complete email action by clicking here: https://www.votervoice.net/AUTISMACTION/Campaigns/102829/Respond Call your NY State Senator – find them here:…
Facewatch Gets UK Code of Practice Certification for Live Retail Facial Recognition
By Chris Burt Facewatch’s live facial recognition for retail theft prevention has been declared compliant with the UK’s Surveillance Camera Code of Practice (SCCP), the…
OpenAI Reveals “Glitch” Exposed ChatGPT Plus Subscribers’ Private Info
By Tyler Durden Earlier this week, ChatGPT users noticed a bug that enabled them to view the chat history titles of other users. OpenAI’s highly…
NY Red Alert: Recently Passed Bill Clears the Way for a Mandatory Adult Vaccine Database
By Michael Kane Both houses of the New York legislature passed an alarming bill (A4132/S837) on Wednesday. The bill itself is not especially dangerous. What…