Privacy Concerns

By Jessica Davis July 22, 2019 - The first Senate Judiciary Committee Tech Task Force convened last week, to begin discussions on how to handle technology issues across all sectors, including those with data privacy and security. Led by Sens. Marsha Blackbu…

Roundup Hello, welcome to this weeks roundup of news in the ever encroaching world of AI and machine learning. Well be talking about everyones favorite topic at the moment: facial recognition. First San Francisco, Somerville ... now Oakland: California's Oak…

Recap: The FTC is upping the ante with their fines for privacy breaches. Their latest target is Google's YouTube, after an investigation revealed that the company was illegally tracking how minors were using their platform. Hot off the heels of the $5 billi…

In December 2015, Syed Farook and his wife went on a terrorism killing spree in San Bernardino, California, that only ended after a blazing gun battle with law enforcement. One of the key sources of evidence was the suspect's Iphone. When the Federal Bureau …

Tech Companies Face Intense Scrutiny: Tech companies are facing increased scrutiny from U.S. and EU regulators over competition and privacy issues. This week, representatives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google appeared on Capitol Hill as bipartisan conc…

Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most downloaded smartphone app in America, a nationwide panic began to set in: Who was this shadowy Russian tech firm everyone had been sending their photos to? And what did they…

Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Plus: Amazon is back in the antitrust hot seat, this time in the EU. We have the counterpoints to Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook’s antitrust defenses. The House grilled representatives from…

Warning of national security and privacy risks for millions of Americans, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate FaceApp, the viral age-defying photo program that has raised fresh conce…

Unless youre living under a rock, you have used FaceApp by now the latest viral craze to capture the fancy of millenials and Internet users across the world. Social media has been swamped with pictures of users using the application that ages your face magic…

In context: Youve probably noticed that FaceApp has once again gone viral. The photo-editing apps ability to realistically age people has seen its popularity surge, but privacy concerns over the Russian-developed program have resulted in calls for it to be in…