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Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin, the company created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for cryptocurrency, to cease its operations in the country for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users' personal information. The stated goal of Worldcoin is to give people a form of identification that could never be stolen or duplicated. It says the way it can do this is by creating a "World ID" by scanning someone's eyeballs through "orbs" - a device that captures an image of their irises, the colored parts of the eyes. Worl...
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New proposed legislation in Ireland that would give national police the power to use facial recognition technology in some investigations could have a severe impact on human rights. That was the overall message from a panel of experts who studied the issue for the Irish justice committee this month. Facial identification is a process used by police where the template of an individual’s face is used to identify them in different videos. The Irish Parliament passed the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act in December which allows police to wear body cameras and have better access to CCTV foota...
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By Hera Rizwan If you have been a frequent domestic flyer from Delhi, Bengaluru or Pune, then you must have come across a recent trend at these airports, where the number of gates meant for ‘DigiYatra users’ has drastically increased. Many recent passengers took to X, previously known as Twitter, to share their experiences of being nudged by airport ushers to opt for Digiyatra, who “insisted that it's mandatory”. One user also pointed out that at terminal 3 of Delhi airport, prominent gates only have DigiYatra entry, with just gate no. 1 being non-DigiYatra. Although known to many, this face r...
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No business full of employees can exist without tracking their employees in some capacity. Today 38% of employees use timesheets and punch cards. This is a form of tracking that has been around for decades. While it has been extremely effective over those years, the reality is better and more modern alternatives have risen. The primary issues of physical timesheets is human error and a lack of detail. Q3 2022 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Modern alternatives address these issues in different ways. GPS is used by certain delivery companies to track their drivers. GPS keeps human erro...
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) announced Tuesday it will shutter its facial recognition program and erase the face scan data of over a billion people. The internet giant uses the technology to identify faces in photos and videos, allowing users to tag another person. Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more “No Reason For The Timing”As reported by HuffPost, the decision will also impact automatic alt text (AAT), which creates image descriptions for blind and visually impaired people. The company asserted that AAT will no longer try to recognize people in photos but would otherwise function c...
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Tinder is now requiring users to submit to facial recognition to validate their identity. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Tinder And Stripe Add Facial Recognition ToolsThis news comes right on the heels of Stripe launching a tool that allows anyone to add facial recognition to their website with three lines of code (and since SO MANY companies use Stripe, we could be seeing facial recognition verification everywhere in a few months). We are very concerned about this massive increase in private companies using facial recognition. I’d be happy to talk more about this if you’re i...
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New Report and Scorecard Shows Which Retailers Are Using Facial Recognition on Shoppers, Employees Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Shoppers planning to take advantage of Memorial Day sales should know which stores are using racist, dangerous surveillance technology Update June 02, 2021: Two updates on this campaign to get retail stores to stop using facial recognition: Retailers Using Facial Recognition In StoresDigital rights group Fight for the Future has launched a new website and scorecard that tracks whether or not top retailers use, don’t use, or might use facial recogni...
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A new study by digital privacy software company, Clario, has analysed what personal data the world’s most downloaded apps are tracking. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more We give away our data for free everyday, with apps that can now track everything from your weight and height to sexual preferences and music taste. Many are now even using a combination of voice, face, object and background recognition to tailor their services to you. So which apps are using your data the most, and what for? These are the brands who probably know the most about you... Facebook, Instagram and Tik...
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Civil rights groups score Amazon win – and pledge to keep fighting on facial recognition Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Amazon Extends Moratorium On The Sale Of Facial RecognitionAmazon just announced plans to extend its moratorium on the sale of facial recognition to police until further notice. This announcement comes one week after MediaJustice, the Athena Coalition, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, Mijente, Mpower Change and more than 20 other organizations launched the Eyes on Amazon Campaign—demanding Amazon permanently stop selling Rekognition, their facial recog...
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Groups call facial recognition “too dangerous to exist,” say it must be abolished Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Call To Ban The Use Of Facial RecognitionMore than 20 civil and human rights organizations are expanding the fight against facial recognition and calling for a ban not only on government and law enforcement use of the technology, but also private and corporate use. The letter, which highlights recent abuses by corporations including Uber Eats, Amazon, and Apple, states that this technology threatens to suppress workers’ rights to organize, makes frontline workers s...
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