Luke O’Brien has a report on Clearview AI that is concerning. He writes, in part: […] Even if you’ve never heard of Clearview, you likely have an online presence — maybe a friend or a relative has posted a photo of you to Facebook — which means you’re probably in its database. Clearview’s CEO and co-founder,…
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Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flaws
Ainsley Harris reports: A few weeks ago, New York City’s 75,000 teachers scrambled to learn how to use videoconferencing services like Zoom as novel coronavirus cases began to rise and schools prepared to close their doors and institute remote learning. Now, the city’s teachers will have to scramble once more, after Department of Education Chancellor…
Not to be defeated by the pandemic, the Spring Privacy & Security Academy will go on — virtually
If you are like me, you have either been receiving emails telling you that events are postponed until some date to be determined in the future, or that they are canceled altogether, or switching to a virtual conference. The idea of a virtual conference never really appealed to me because I always preferred conferences where…
Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working
Paresh Dave reports: The analysis of location data from billions of Google users’ phones is the largest public dataset available to help health authorities assess if people are abiding with shelter-in-place and similar orders issued across the world to rein in the virus. The company released reports for 131 countries with charts that compare traffic…