… This is troubling, because as the Georgetown Law Center for Privacy and Technology has reported, face-matching systems are rife with error, in terms of both the quality of input photos and the accuracy of image matching. …
… Think using a VPN gives you more privacy? Think again. A letter from US lawmakers this week questioned director of national security Tulsi Gabbard over whether US surveillance authorities allow the National Security Agency to target people who use a VPN. …
… Meta has paid roughly $2 billion to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas, which accused the company of capturing users' faceprints without consent for the same photo-tagging system it later shuttered. …
… And they also say that because deepfake images will not be made public as part of the lawsuit, this should assuage any privacy concerns. “Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was … …
… This is known as “targeted advertising” or sharing for “cross-context behavioral advertising” under certain state privacy laws. You can opt out using the marketing privacy control in your account settings. If you’re not logged in, you can opt out using the Your Privacy Choices link on our website. …
… Under Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021, it also covers privacy violations, false information, misuse of digital platforms, online defamation, and other forms of harmful online conduct. …
… Shane Bauer, a spokesperson for OpenAI, says the company does not sell user data, though it does acknowledge sharing limited data with marketing partners for targeted and cross-context behavioral advertising. “We give people straightforward ways to control how their data is used directly in our app… …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Many states require police to get a warrant before accessing such data, and more are folding biometric protections into their general consumer-privacy laws each year, says Eric Null, director of the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology. “But consumer-facing companies …
… Despite his app’s success, Jeanrenaud believes that the arms war over privacy is already lost. “Personal surveillance tech is just the next step after digitally linked surveillance and data collection is all over the place,” he says. “Those offers of going stealth mode for the Ray-Bans are just a s… …