Brett Samuels reports: Facebook granted major tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix access to users’ personal data in ways not previously disclosed, according to interviews and internal documents reported by The New York Times. The news outlet cited interviews and hundreds of documents from the social media platform that showed the company allowed Microsoft’s Bing search…
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Resource: Notable Privacy and Security Books 2018
Professor Daniel Solove has compiled a terrific list of books that were published in 2018. Check out the list here.
Central London in facial recognition trial
BBC reports: Christmas shoppers could have their faces scanned in central London this week as part of a police trial. The Met says it will invite people to take part in testing the technology rather than scanning people covertly. The trials will be held near Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square on Monday and Tuesday….
Surveillance fears grow after Taylor Swift uses face recognition tech on fans
Gabrielle Canon reports: Taylor Swift secretly surveilling her fans using facial recognition technology might sound like science fiction – but Rolling Stone reported on Thursdaythat the pop star has been doing exactly that in an effort to root out stalkers. Swift has stayed silent on the report, declining to comment to the Guardian and other news…