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Half of Americans in face-recognition databases: report

19

Oct

2016

A new report claims that half of all American adults have their images stored on law enforcement databases. The report, titled “The Perpetual Lineup,” from the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown Law Center released Tuesday criticizes what the authors’ call the unchecked use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement. The authors […]

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Pro-Clinton PAC donor database was publicly visible online

16

Sep

2016

The website of a Pro-Hillary Clinton super-PAC left private donor information open for public view, a security researcher reported Wednesday. The exposed database contained contact information for 959 Balance of Power PAC donors alongside their donation quantities.

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Database error leaves 150 million voter records exposed online

23

Jun

2016

More than 150 million U.S. voter records were available publicly due to a misconfigured database, a data firm confirmed Wednesday — the second such accidental exposure of voter data in six months. The records were compiled by the voter information brokerage L2, but were not leaked by L2. Chris Vickery, a security researcher at MacKeeper, […]

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