by Media Release | Mar 1, 2021 | Deepfake, Privacy, Security
Deepfake videos of Tom Cruise show the technology’s threat to society is very real New deepfake videos of actor Tom Cruise have made their way onto TikTok under the handle @deeptomcruise, and boy do they look real. They’re so realistic, in fact, it’s...
by Media Release | Mar 1, 2021 | China, Privacy, Security
The truthtellers China created a story of the pandemic. These people revealed details Beijing left out It was spring in the Chinese capital Beijing, and the non-profit organization that the 27-year-old worked for was operating remotely as coronavirus continued its...
by Ralf Schwoerer | Feb 25, 2021 | Privacy, Security
Browser ‘Favicons’ Can Be Used as Undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to Track You Online Favicons are one of those things that basically every website uses but no one thinks about. When you’ve got 100 tabs open, the little icon at the start of every browser tab provides a...
by Media Release | Feb 24, 2021 | Privacy, Security
Privacy advocates push for strict biometric surveillance regulation in appeals to White House, EU Privacy advocates on both sides of the Atlantic are telling their governments that they do not trust officials to use facial recognition surveillance in the best interest...
by Media Release | Feb 22, 2021 | Privacy, Security
IN AN APPLE commercial that was on heavy rotation last fall, people go around telling strangers intimate information about themselves. “I browsed eight sites for divorce attorneys today,” a guy shouts to a bus full of passengers. A beautiful woman informs a passerby,...
by Media Release | Feb 19, 2021 | Hacker, Privacy, Security
New details have emerged about the remote computer intrusion at a Florida water treatment facility last Friday, highlighting a lack of adequate security measures needed to bulletproof critical infrastructure environments. The breach involved an unsuccessful attempt on...