Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW). Document disposal Shred sensitive documents.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2025

Speaking to staff at these firms, the FTC found that behaviors ranging from mouse movements on a webpage to the type of products that consumers leave in an online shopping cart without clicking Buy can be tracked and used by retailers to tailor consumer pricing. FTC chair Lina M.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These fraudulent activities not only compromise wireless account access but also pose significant risks to financial accounts, social media profiles, and other online services utilizing phone numbers for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Mobile Wireless Artificial Intelligence Accountability 109

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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. Paxton doesn’t see Facebook’s face recognition technology as a means to protect its user’s identities.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2025

Reuters News & Media Inc., Peters, Ali Bloom, and Chirag H. Patel There is never a boring moment in California privacy law, and these past weeks have been no exception. At its May 1 meeting, the agency board provided key updates on draft CCPA regulations related to AI and cybersecurity. The decisions are Zhizhi Xu v. 1:2024cv02466, (Feb.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have poured vast resources into theoretical research in the related fields of artificial intelligence, image recognition and face analysis. Facial recognition by itself can be a major advancement in data analysis and consumer protection in so many areas. Next-gen FR.

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Identity IQ

JULY 22, 2024

Deepfake videos, which use artificial intelligence to create hyper-realistic but entirely fake footage, and AI-powered robocalls, which use advanced speech synthesis to deliver convincing but fraudulent messages, are among the tactics being used to sway public opinion and disrupt the democratic process.

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