Tag: Privacy

Facial Recognition at Airports: What You Need to Know

How many impostors has the technology identified?Since deployment, in about the first…

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I.R.S. Will Allow Taxpayers to Forgo Facial Recognition Amid Blowback

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said on Monday that it would…

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Google Plans Privacy Changes, but Promises to Not Be Disruptive

Google said on Wednesday that it was working on privacy measures meant…

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I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times,…

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A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.

Mr. Sweeney made a counteroffer to Mr. Musk, according to the screenshots…

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Meta Says Apple’s Privacy Changes Could Cost the Company $10 Billion

Snap, the maker of the Snapchat app and the augmented reality glasses…

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Math That Helped Solve Fermat’s Theorem Now Safeguards the Digital World

Defenses against digital snoopers keep getting stronger. Encryption is what keeps communications…

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China’s Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Coronavirus

The police had warned Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer, not to…

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The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

The Mexico example revealed both the promise and the perils of working…

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