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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

Malwarebytes

Facebook was able to collect such data via its face recognition technology. Six years ago, Yann LeCun, currently Chief AI Scientist at Meta, gave Facebook users an idea of how his team approached its work in artificial intelligence research and facial recognition. Instead, he sees it as a deceptive scheme against Texans.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

You may not have noticed, but there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems over the past couple of years. The ultimate concern with this technology is that we’ll end up in a surveillance society where your I.D. Ubiquitous surveillance. Advanced use cases.

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Survey Says…Cybersecurity Remains A Critical Challenge For Business

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In its Global Risk Report 2017 , the World Economic Forum found that “large-scale cyber-attacks or malware causing large economic damages” or “widspread loss of trust in the internet” remain the primary business risks in North America. 23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader.