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The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04

February 14, 2022 0 Comments Android, government surveillance, iPhone, lock and code, lock and code podcast, nso group, pegasus, pegasus spyware, Podcast, spyware, surveillance, the pegasus project

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:10:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we provide a deep dive into possibly the most powerful government spyware tool in the world, Pegasus.

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Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

March 3, 2020 0 Comments AI, anthropometry, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, camera-to-subject distance, conference, eilidh noyes, face matching, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, Machine Learning, research, surveillance, ufig, unfamiliar face identification group, university of huddersfield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:48:02 +0000

It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A15DxfJxLcc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

March 3, 2020 0 Comments adtech, advertising, branch, braze, data loss, Data Sharing, facebook, goodrx, Google, hipaa, Marketing, medical information, Mobile, mobile marketing, personal data deletion, prescription drugs, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, surveillance, targeted advertising, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Taking a GPS tracker off your car isn’t ‘theft,’ court rules

February 26, 2020 0 Comments derek heuring, gps, indiana, Law & order, surveillance, tracking device

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:03:05 +0000

This line of thinking could get absurd, Indiana’s supreme court declared. How do you “steal” something if you don’t know who owns it?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FhoNPMhPXqg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

February 24, 2020 0 Comments breach, clevguard, cyberstalking, data breach, data loss, kidsguard, mobiispy, mobile spyware, mspy, PII, Privacy, security threats, spying, spying app, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking, stalking apps, surveillance, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/F2UPHduG6YE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

January 30, 2020 0 Comments bill, employee access, employee surveillance, employees, employers, house bill 1143, indiana, Law & order, legislation, microchip, microchipping, microchips, Privacy, surveillance, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Nobody boogies quite like you

January 22, 2020 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, biometrics, dancing, finland, identification, journal of new music research, Machine Learning, music, Privacy, surveillance, university of jyväskylä

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:38:05 +0000

Our unique dancing style can be used by a machine-learning model to ID us, regardless of musical genre. Unless it’s Metal. We all headbang.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uprytRWl518″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition is real-life ‘Black Mirror’ stuff, Ocasio-Cortez says

January 17, 2020 0 Comments AI, alexandria ocasio-cortez, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, black mirror, facial recognition, house oversight committee, house oversight committee hearing, joy buolamwini, Law & order, Machine Learning, meredith whittaker, Privacy, surveillance, willie lynch

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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S2 Ep23: Snake ransomware, VPN holes and phone spying – Naked Security Podcast

January 16, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Ransomware, surveillance, vpn

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:43:32 +0000

New episode – listen now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Acnnr8mcnHI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus

January 16, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, college campuses, facial recognition, fight for the future, Privacy, students, students for sensible drug policy, surveillance

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=””/>