Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:59:27 +0000
“People think they’re going to put on a cute filter and have puppy dog ears, and not realize that that data’s being collected.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WEGyDh5kmBU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:57:59 +0000
Fight for the Future is building on its success in pressuring concert promoters to back off of plans to use the technology at festivals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cPl_2EJ8pSY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:31:33 +0000
Google is testing out a feature to make Android’s built-in password manager safer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Bv2NtaVOe80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:14:48 +0000
If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fcctp3f85Mc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:37:19 +0000
The technology – which Facebook won’t use in its own apps – subtly distorts face images so they’re still recognizable, but not to machines.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/98QOXSevUPY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:47:32 +0000
There’s a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AneJMxh1HJk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:22:01 +0000
The fingerprint reader on Samsung’s flagship S10 and Note10 smartphones can be spoofed with a $3 screen protector.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/aBFtLqNUr_M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:40:29 +0000
The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bY53XoZiIlc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:36:10 +0000
It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dDDYjz1VwrY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000
The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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