Update: This (Facezam) all turned out to be a hoax by a marketing firm. The fact that some of us found it believable is a topic for another discussion at another time. Original post: Cara McGoogan reports: A facial recognition app that can identify strangers from a photograph has been created by a British entrepreneur….
Category: Online
GOP senators’ new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data
Jon Brodkin reports: Republican senators yesterday introduced legislation that would overturn new privacy rules for Internet service providers. If the Federal Communications Commission rules are eliminated, ISPs would not have to get consumers’ explicit consent before selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other third parties. As expected, Sen. Jeff…
Hundreds of Marines investigated for sharing photos of naked colleagues
Thomas James Brennan of Reveal (The Center for Investigative Journalism) reports: The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating hundreds of Marines who used social media to solicit and share hundreds — possibly thousands — of naked photographs of women service members and veterans. Since Jan. 30, more than two dozen women – many on active…
Smart Condom Tracks Performance, Warns Against STIs: Another Privacy Threat On Hand?
Everything’s connected these days, it seems. Joe Cadillic pointed to me to this article that Oscar nominees got vaginal kegel-exercise fitness trackers. But that’s even less shocking/concerning than a connected device James Brown reports on: The smart revolution truly is here, and the bedroom isn’t behind. UK retailer British Condoms has announced the revolutionary smart…