Australia’s government is happy to jump on the high-quality, highly accurate imagery captured and linked to identities on social media. 
Tag Archives: facial recognition
Your personal cloud of microbes could one day be used to profile you
Every time we sneeze, cough, scratch, fart, or touch something, we leave behind traces of ourselves. Could this microbial evidence one day be used to identify and surveil us?
Surprise! People choose predictable Android lockscreen patterns
New research studying how people create lockscreen patterns suggests that they aren’t a secure alternative to passcodes at all.
The latest accessory to flummox facial recognition cameras – the Privacy Visor!
Wear it with the melting-face T-shirt and the hoodie that kicks away light, and you’ll be the belle of the privacy ball!
SSCC 206 – Who gave you permission to use my Wi-Fi? [PODCAST]
Listen to the latest episode of our weekly security podcast… …a quarter-hour of news turned into educational fun!
Social media etiquette for Jim Carrey (and everyone else)
Jim Carrey has apologized for tweeting a photo of a child without asking for permission. He’s not the first! 
MasterCard to trial pay-by-face for online purchasing
Stare at the phone and blink to prove you’re alive, the company’s security researchers decided. But didn’t other researchers already foil that one…?
Facebook aiming for faceless facial recognition
Worried that Facebook can’t get your friends right in your selfies when their hair blows around? There might just be an app for that…
SSCC 203 – What’s the worst sort of service to have a password breach? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they dig into the latest security news in our regular “Chet Chat” podcast. This week: LastPass, Facebook, Windows 10 (and not-quite-the-end of XP), Samsung, and the Android ecosystem.
Privacy groups walk out of US talks on facial recognition guidelines
Not a single industry representative would agree on the most basic premise: that targets of facial recognition should opt in before companies identify them.