After filing a lawsuit against Meta, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now after Google. The AG has sued Google over the alleged unlawful use of biometric data scraped from photos and voice recordings. He claims that it’s hit millions of Texans, yet that Google failed to obtain their informed consent to collect their data.
Texas sues Meta over its shut-down facial recognition system, seeking over $500 billion
Even though Facebook shut down its facial recognition system, it still might get it into legal trouble. Texas Attorney General recently sued Facebook’s parent company Meta over using Texans’ biometric data without their consent. And if Texas wins the lawsuit, it could reportedly cost Meta over $500 billion.
France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered
Clearview AI came under fire for scraping billions of selfies off the Internet to sell facial recognition services to law enforcement. France’s privacy watchdog said that the company has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and France has now ordered Clearview AI to delete its database.
Qualcom’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 poses big potential privacy issues with always-on camera
Well, it looks like it might not just be our desktop and laptop webcams that we might be taping over soon, but our smartphones, too. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, set to arrive in high-end Android devices next year comes with an always-on selfie camera. That’s a pretty big issue.
About the new technology, Qualcomm Technologies Vice President of Product Management Judd Heape introduced this new “feature” of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor by saying that “your phone’s front camera is always securely looking for your face, even if you don’t touch it or raise to wake it.”
Independent researchers cease Instagram study after Facebook threatens to sue
A group of independent researchers at AlgorithmWatch recently had to shut down an Instagram research after a backlash from Facebook. The group had been studying Instagram’s algorithm and how it works. However, they claim that Facebook threatened with a lawsuit, so they were forced to bring the research to a halt.
Clearview AI under fire for “breaking privacy laws”
Ever since it appeared, Clearview AI has been surrounded by controversy. Privacy groups in Europe recently accused it of breaking privacy laws, and groups from several countries have even taken legal action against the company.
Tiktok silhouette challenge gone horribly wrong as The Internet finds a way to remove the red filter
About a week ago, Tiktok came up with a challenge to empower people and make them feel sexy. It’s called the Tiktok Silhouette Challenge, and the idea is to shoot a video of yourself to the sound of a Paul Anka “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” mashup with Doja Cat’s “Streets.”
The “trick” is that the video starts pretty trivial. But as the music transitions, you merge a second video. That video has a filter that changes your appearance into a silhouette. Hopefully, where you can feel more comfortable wearing sexy clothes, lingerie, or even pose nude.
Sadly, this has gone terribly wrong as “The Internet” found a way to remove the red filter, and thereby show things that Tiktokers never meant to expose.
Google Street View lets you blur your home and hide it from unwanted “visitors”
Google Street View lets you take a virtual walk through almost any corner of the world, and beyond. You can even take photos (sort of) as if you’re really traveling. But did you know you can also hide your home from curious virtual “visitors?” If you want, you can request from Google to blur your home from public view.
Android users, this app will tell you if your phone camera is spying on you
When Apple introduced a new security feature in iOS 14, I wondered if Android users would also get a feature that reveals if their camera is spying on them. Well, there’s an app for that. Access Dots is an Android app that lets you know if any of your apps accesses your camera and microphone without your knowledge.
If you’ve updated your iPhone to iOS 14, you can tell when your camera is spying on you
Do you ever get the unexplainable feeling that someone is watching you? Well, that’s because they just might. But if you’ve updated your iPhone to iOS 14, you may now be able to tell when this is happening and delete the apps that activate your phone’s camera in the background.
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