Category: Internet

ACLU sues to reveal the FBI’s uses of facial recognition

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In aclu, dea, department of justice, doj, facial recognition, fbi, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Internet, justice department, Law Enforcement, lawsuit, Politics, Privacy, Tech

[ad_1] The FBI has engaged in “political policing,” the ACLU said, including spying on peaceful activists. That raised the potential for abuse against innocent targets. The agency also claimed that it didn’t need to demonstrate probable cause to use facial recognition, and couldn’t confirm if it honored “constitutional obligations” to inform defendants in criminal cases […]

Instagram is trying to shut down stalking app Like Patrol

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In apps, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, ios, like patrol, Mobile, Social Media, stalking, stalking apps, Tech

[ad_1] Like Patrol launched on iOS in July with a subscription price of $2.99 per week or $80 per year. The app’s founder, Sergio Luis Quintero, says that fewer than 300 people are currently subscribed. Like Patrol sends notifications to users whenever their target likes or comments on an Instagram post and provides analytics about […]

Amazon will pull its movies from theaters to Prime faster

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In adam sandler, Amazon, av, business, Entertainment, Internet, Late Night, manchester by the sea, Netflix, prime, services, streaming, Tech, the big sick, theatrical release

[ad_1] In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said the company is working on getting movies to its Prime subscribers “as soon as possible.” Part of that means fulfilling contractual obligations around theatrical release, but it’s prepared to take a hit on that if it means a later pay-off on Prime. […]

Facebook could soon offer encrypted audio and video calls

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, Internet, Mobile, secret conversation, secret conversations, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook Messenger is testing Video/Audio calls over Secret Conversation pic.twitter.com/aNgnvtzsBf — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 31, 2019 Facebook rolled out Secret Conversations in 2016, giving you a way to encrypt Messenger chats if you want to wrap your words with a layer of privacy. It uses the same encryption used by the Signal […]

Hackers breached some of the web’s most popular domain registrars

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In breach, gear, Internet, krebsonsecurity, networksolutionsinc., register.com, Tech, topleveldomain, web.com, websites

[ad_1] Web.com said that “a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of its computer systems in late August 2019, and as a result, account information may have been accessed,” adding that “no credit card data was compromised as a result of that incident.” However, it determined that contact details like “name, address, phone […]

Steam’s redesigned Library is available to everyone

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In Games, Gaming, Internet, personal computing, personalcomputing, remote play together, services, steam, steam library, Tech, valve, valve software, Video Games

[ad_1] This is also a big update if you miss the days of multiplayer games on the couch. The new version expands the Remote Play Together beta to everyone, not just people using the beta client. Again, this lets you play local multiplayer games across the internet. Only the host needs a copy of the […]

Mark Zuckerberg still won’t ban ‘political’ ads from Facebook

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In ad, ads, Advertising, business, earnings, earnings report, Facebook, fake news, gear, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, misinformation, Mobile, political ads, Politicians, Politics, services, social, Social Media, Tech, Tiktok, Twitter, zuckerberg

[ad_1] He added that, while it may be easier for Facebook to “choose a different path,” it is more important to stand up for free speech and free expression. “We need to be careful about adopting more rules that can restrict what people can say,” he said. “I don’t think it’s right for politicians to […]

Twitter will put a stop to political ads on November 22nd

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, gear, Internet, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] Twitter has found a way to get around the ethical questions surrounding political ads: like TikTok, it’s getting rid of them entirely. Jack Dorsey has announced that the social network is stopping all political ads outside of non-partisan exceptions (such as voter registration), whether they come from candidates or interest groups. It’ll provide the […]

Your obsession with celebrities is helping scammers spread spam

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In alexis bledel, Entertainment, gilmoregirls, handmaidstale, Internet, internet security, malware, mcafee, spam, Tech

[ad_1] According to a recently released study by security firm McAfee, Gilmore Girls and Handmaid’s Tale star Alexis Bledel has been named Most Dangerous Celebrity 2019 as internet searches for her in these famous roles (as well as news of a Gilmore Girls reboot) have led more people to malware this year than those for […]

Australia wants to verify porn users by scanning their faces

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In age verification, Australia, av, Entertainment, facial recognition, identity, Internet, porn, pornography, Tech

[ad_1] “Home Affairs is developing a Face Verification Service which matches a person’s photo against images used on one of their evidence of identity documents to help verify their identity,” the Home Affairs agency wrote in a submission. “This could assist in age verification, for example by preventing a minor from using their parent’s driver […]