Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines were covertly collecting face recognition data without their consent. The scandal started when a student using the alias SquidKid47 posted an image on Reddit showing a campus vending machine error message, “Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe,” displayed after the … Read more
A Beyoncé gig, the coronation of King Charles, and the British Formula One Grand Prix all have one thing in common: Thousands of people at the events, which all took place earlier this year, had their faces scanned by police-operated face recognition tech. Backed by the Conservative government, police forces across England and Wales are … Read more
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has done tens of thousands of face recognition searches using software from outside providers in recent years. Yet only 5 percent of the 200 agents with access to the technology have taken the bureau’s three-day training course on how to use it, a report from the Government Accountability … Read more
The non-public information for Argentina’s vp, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was requested 226 instances; President Alberto Fernández’s information was requested 76 instances. Amongst these searched have been politicians from totally different events, human rights activists, and journalists. Gallardo started to analyze whether or not the town created a database of photographs of all residents residing … Read more
The circumstances contained in the Fulton County Jail system are dire. Inmates at one of many jails in Atlanta, Georgia, are sleeping on the ground in plastic trays. Cell doorways hold off hinges, footage from one native information report reveals, and leaked water swimming pools on the ground in some areas. Final September, one particular person … Read more