Facebook expands use of face recognition

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:38:46 +0000

Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E2d_NAvFEnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:34:30 +0000

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/En8PlzNDHD0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:26:39 +0000

The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0CSbKeo22L8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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