One evening last month, a crowd of cryptocurrency enthusiasts gathered at an art gallery in downtown Manhattan. They were greeted by a scene from science fiction.At one end of the […]
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Back to news homeIndia’s farmers exposed by new Aadhaar data leak
A security researcher said an Indian government website was exposing the Aadhaar numbers of India’s farmers, potentially amounting to millions of people. Atul Nair told TechCrunch that he found a […]
The road to disastrous biometric data collection is paved with good intentions
Leif-Nissen Lundbæk Contributor Leif-Nissen Lundbæk is the co-founder and CEO of Xayn. He specializes in privacy-preserving AI. More posts by this contributor Kill the standard privacy notice There has been […]
Best of TechCrunch 2021
Just when we thought things couldn’t get more unexpected than a pandemic that shut down the world in 2020, 2021 entered the chat. As we started to navigate a “new […]
Securing Digital Identities with Help of AI New Path After Pandemic of 2020
Securing individual digital identities with the help of AI and biometrics is a higher priority for business and healthcare, in wake of a rise in cybercrime. (Credit: Getty Images) […]
UK’s ICO warns over ‘big data’ surveillance threat of live facial recognition in public
The UK’s chief data protection regulator has warned over reckless and inappropriate use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places. Publishing an opinion today on the use of this […]
TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints and voiceprints’
A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users’ content. […]