Rite Aid used facial recognition in hundreds of stores for years

Posted on 28/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Rite Aid used facial recognition systems in hundreds of its drugstores across the US over the last several years. According to a Reuters investigation, the technology was deployed in “largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods” in New York and Los...

FBI reportedly uses a travel company’s data for worldwide surveillance

Posted on 18/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FBI doesn’t necessarily have to rely on spy databases or phone records to collect vast amounts of information about suspects — it might just have to ask a travel company for help. Forbes understands the FBI is using info from Sabre, the world’s l...

Europe’s top court kills Privacy Shield that allowed US data sharing

Posted on 16/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The EU just threw a wrench into transatlantic e-commerce by blocking a key agreement between Europe and the US. Europe’s top court announced that it has effectively invalidated the Privacy Shield that just went into force, saying it won’t adequately...

UK may cut Huawei out of 5G networks this year

Posted on 05/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The UK was already having second thoughts about Huawei’s involvement in its 5G networks, and now it appears ready to completely change its stance. According to The Telegraph’s sources (via The Guardian), the government is crafting proposals that woul...

FCC says Huawei and ZTE are national security threats

Posted on 30/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FCC wants to make it patently obvious that Huawei and ZTE are personas non grata in American telecom networks. The regulator has formally labeled Huawei and ZTE as “national security threats,” finally barring carriers from using their Universal S...

US pushes Europe to reject Chinese baggage screening tech over spying fears

Posted on 28/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US fight against Chinese technology appears to be extending to another category: the security screening you normally see at the airport or border. Wall Street Journal sources understand the National Security Council and other US agencies are push...

NY City Council passes NYPD surveillance oversight bill

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In a stunning turn of events that seemed impossible just a month ago, the New York City Council on Thursday voted 44-6 -- a veto-proof majority -- in favor of passing the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act. The bill will now head...

Senators demand answers over Juniper Network’s 2015 backdoor incident

Posted on 11/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Back in 2015, networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks discovered unauthorized code in its software that created a backdoor, potentially allowing hackers to decrypt and spy on supposedly secure traffic. Now, officials want answers. A group of 13...

IBM stops work on facial recognition over human rights concerns

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The backlash to facial recognition among governments is extending to corporate heavyweights. IBM chief Arvind Krishna has sent a letter (via Axios and CNBC) to Congress revealing that the company has exited its “general purpose” facial recognition bu...

ACLU sues Clearview AI over alleged privacy violations

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Clearview AI is about to deal with more pushback beyond corporate objections and occasional bans. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued Clearview AI for allegedly violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act with its combination of fac...

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