Google has vowed not to sell its facial recognition products until it can make sure the technology will not be abused. “Like many technologies with...
Edward Snowden wants to help protect your privacy with an app designed to transform any Android phone into a sensor for detecting intrusions. According to Wired,...
FindFace started as a futuristic social technology for identifying strangers by scanning their faces with a smartphone camera. Two years later, the facial recognition technology is...
Security isn’t just about catching the bad guys as they run away with store merchandise. And surveillance isn’t just about identifying bad guys after the...
Everything has its value. Even good — and bad — behavior. The movement toward rating, well, everything, in terms of credit scoring is gaining traction in China. The...
Tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley may heat up with the circulation of the latest proposal from lawmakers that would force private companies to unlock...
As the encryption battle heats up, Apple CEO Tim Cook is prepared to fight the FBI’s request to gain access into the iPhone recovered from...
The tech giant submitted a formal objection to the draft version of the U.K. government’s new Investigatory Powers Bill, which, if passed into law, will...
In the ongoing battle over the government’s right to access consumer data transmitted via smartphones and digital devices, privacy advocates are calling on support from...