DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Despite scattered reports … New York Times : Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote Kate Cox / Ars Technica : “Stay Home” robocalls to voters prompt FBI,...
Despite a broad effort to disrupt TrickBot, including legal action by Microsoft, some command and control servers of the botnet still appear to be online
As announced today, Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet … Alfred Ng / CNET : Microsoft takes down hacking network with potential to disrupt election PYMNTS.com : Microsoft Joins Offensiv...
UK and Australian data privacy offices say they are opening a joint investigation of Clearview AI
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Ahead of a key contract renewal date, activists are pushing to end facial recognition use in Detroit, the US city with the highest percentage of Black residents
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng , @edmarkey , @phil_lewis_ , @combsthepoet , and @alfredwkng Tweets: @alfredwkng : New: Detroit is the largest city in the US with a majority Black population. ...
Responding to Sen. Wyden's letter, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development says it “doesn't monitor or track” usage of facial recognition in public housing
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @tonyajoriley , @jakelaperruque , @techledes , @hypervisible , @alfredwkng , and @alfredwkng Tweets: Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : “In a letter from HUD to Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Following Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft's moratorium on facial recognition tech, a look at possible regulation in US, which lawmakers say is unlikely within a year
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @rashidatlaib Tweets: Rashida Tlaib / @rashidatlaib : Facial recognition technology is racist.
ElectionGuard, the open-source voting machine software Microsoft announced in May 2019, gets its first real-world test today in a local vote in Fulton, WI
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Facebook updates Privacy Checkup tool, the first significant update since its creation in 2014 that makes it a more convenient central hub for privacy settings
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Facebook's iOS app accesses the camera as users scroll their feeds; a workaround is to revoke the app's camera permissions; a patch is “already rolling out”
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Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Firstpost Tech : Apple hits back at Google, accusing it of creating a ‘false impression’ of ‘mass exploitation’ around iPhone exploits A...