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Can Germany’s data protection laws forestall facial recognition?

10

Aug

2011

Facial recognition technology is a hot topic and this recently caught my attention: German authorities have suggested that Facebook’s “facial recognition” feature is illegal. From Deutsche Welle:Hamburg’s data protection official Johannes Caspar claims that the software violates both German and European Union data protection laws and that Facebook users don’t know how to delete the […]

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Telex: even MORE anonymous?

20

Jul

2011

In this case, we aren’t referencing the group who, as of late, has made headlines for hacking endeavors. A new technology, sort of a modified proxy chain on steroids, seems to be gaining some proof-of-concept notoriety, hoping to offer new levels of anonymity while surfing online. The technology hopes that when users connect, the network […]

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Government: “Fix the internet” with .secure

09

Jul

2011

In an effort to deal with the security woes of .com websites, the U.S. Government has a solution: build a new “internet” around .secure instead. The problem? Apparently, people have too much freedom on the .com’s, allowing cyber-dirtbags to skulk around anonymously. This would aim to cure all that by requiring “visitors to use certified […]

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