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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Related: Drivers behind facial recognition boom.

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Tor Project’s Bug Smash Fund raises $86K in August

Security Affairs

The Tor Project has raised $86,000 for a Bug Smash fund that was created to pay developers that will address critical security and privacy issues in the popular anonymizing network. SecurityAffairs – Tor Project, privacy). ” reads the announcement published by the Tor Project. ” concludes the announcement.

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Facebook is going to shut down Face Recognition system and data it collected

Security Affairs

Facebook is using the face recognition system to analyze photos taken of tagged users and associated users’ profile photos to automatically recognize them in photos and videos. ” reads a blog post published by Facebook.

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7 Cyber Safety Tips to Outsmart Scammers

Webroot

Lockdown your privacy settings Your online profiles are like open books to cyber snoops unless you lock them down. Take a few minutes to review and adjust your privacy settings on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Limit who can see your posts, tag you in photos, or slide into your DMs without an invitation.

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Residential Proxies vs. Datacenter Proxies: Choosing the Right Option

Security Affairs

Datacenter Proxies: this blog post examines the contours of each type and provides info on how to choose the perfect proxy option In the robust landscape of the digital era, our need for privacy, security, and accessibility on the internet has never been more acute. So, how do you choose between the knight and the maverick?

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 416 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Humans are Bad at URLs and Fonts Don’t Matter

Troy Hunt

Everything becomes clear(er) if I manually change the font in the browser dev tools to a serif version: The victim I was referring to in the opening of this blog post? Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size. What if we took a different tack?

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