CISA JCDC Announcement, Apple's Child Abuse Image Scanning, Amazon Pays You for Your Biometric Data

CISA JCDC Announcement, Apple’s Child Abuse Image Scanning, Amazon Pays You for Your Biometric Data

CISA announces the new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), the controversy over Apple scanning devices for child sexual abuse material, and Amazon offers you a $10 credit if you enroll your biometric ...
TikTok Collecting Biometric Data, Peloton Bike+ Vulnerability, Nextdoor App Concerns

TikTok Collecting Biometric Data, Peloton Bike+ Vulnerability, Nextdoor App Concerns

TikTok can now collect biometric data from user content, researchers find a vulnerability in Peloton bikes, and why some people think that Nextdoor might be the next big social network. ** Links ...
Say goodbye to passwords: WebAuthn specification now an official standard

Say goodbye to passwords: WebAuthn specification now an official standard

Weak or default passwords are behind 81% of data breaches, and most people employ such a password, despite knowing better. Worse still, Internet users recycle the same password across websites and services, ...
Lenovo facial recognition = fail

Lenovo facial recognition = fail

Well, sort of. It did recognize the face but unfortunately it was a picture of the face on a phone. Again, we have some not-so-great press for facial recognition. And sadly, this ...
Biometric surveillance forecast to surge

Biometric surveillance forecast to surge

In a forecast from Acuity Market Intelligence, the market share of biometric surveillance applications within the biometric industry will reach $872 million in annual revenue by 2017. According to new forecasts from ...

Potential chaos looms for Philippine elections and biometric enrollment

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged voters to verify before October 31 the status of their registration to know if they need to enroll their biometrics or reactivate their registration ...
I see youre gangsta  tattoos, biometrics, and the police

I see youre gangsta tattoos, biometrics, and the police

A gangster's main method of creativity and self-expression is becoming increasingly detrimental to their freedom. Law enforcement agencies have long used any means of verifiable markings to link a suspect to eyewitness ...