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UK cops are secretly harvesting all data from the phones and cloud accounts of suspects... - 0 views

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ITGS politics and government security data harvesting data mining

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"Many services retain the data they harvest indefinitely, and some have been caught storing (and losing) the data without encryption: for example, in 2017 the Greater Manchester Police were found to have lost data from victims of violent and sexual crimes, which had been stored unencrypted on DVDs and sent through the post."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Many services retain the data they harvest indefinitely, and some have been caught storing (and losing) the data without encryption: for example, in 2017 the Greater Manchester Police were found to have lost data from victims of violent and sexual crimes, which had been stored unencrypted on DVDs and sent through the post."</div>

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Smart lie-detection system to tight... - Information Centre - Research & Innovation - E... - 0 views

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ITGS ai machine learning bias false positive reliability

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"The unique approach to 'deception detection' analyses the micro-gestures of travellers to figure out if the interviewee is lying."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The unique approach to 'deception detection' analyses the micro-gestures of travellers to figure out if the interviewee is lying."</div>

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The Glass Room - 0 views

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ITGS art password leak linkedin privacy security

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dr tech on 02 May 19

"And if your password can be reverse-engineered to reveal something about you or others like you, how safe or unique is it really."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"And if your password can be reverse-engineered to reveal something about you or others like you, how safe or unique is it really."</div>

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People Are Posting Examples Of How Media Can Manipulate The Truth (12 Pics) - WebMDI - 0 views

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ITGS photoshop ethics manipulation integrity authenticity

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The dead will take over Facebook in the next 50 years | ZDNet - 0 views

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ITGS facebook ethics policies and standards

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"A time is coming in which you may see more memorial accounts on Facebook than active users, with academics estimating that accounts belonging to the deceased will outnumber the living within 50 years."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A time is coming in which you may see more memorial accounts on Facebook than active users, with academics estimating that accounts belonging to the deceased will outnumber the living within 50 years."</div>

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Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps - M... - 1 views

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ITGS gps hack bruteforce security

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"By reverse engineering ProTrack and iTrack's Android apps, L&M said he realized that all customers are given a default password of 123456 when they sign up. At that point, the hacker said he brute-forced "millions of usernames" via the apps' API. Then, he said he wrote a script to attempt to login using those usernames and the default password. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"By reverse engineering ProTrack and iTrack's Android apps, L&M said he realized that all customers are given a default password of 123456 when they sign up. At that point, the hacker said he brute-forced "millions of usernames" via the apps' API. Then, he said he wrote a script to attempt to login using those usernames and the default password. "</div>

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Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech / Boin... - 0 views

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ITGS equality of access interface speech output

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dr tech on 25 Apr 19

"The listeners accurately heard the sentences 43 percent of the time when given a set of 25 possible words to choose from, and 21 percent of the time when given 50 words, the study found."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The listeners accurately heard the sentences 43 percent of the time when given a set of 25 possible words to choose from, and 21 percent of the time when given 50 words, the study found."</div>

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A 40cm-square patch that renders you invisible to person-detecting AIs / Boing Boing - 0 views

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ITGS ai surveillance anonymity machine learning

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dr tech on 25 Apr 19

"showing how they can create a 40cm x 40cm "patch" that fools a convoluted neural network classifier that is otherwise a good tool for identifying humans into thinking that a person is not a person -- something that could be used to defeat AI-based security camera systems. They theorize that the could just print the patch on a t-shirt and get the same result."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"showing how they can create a 40cm x 40cm "patch" that fools a convoluted neural network classifier that is otherwise a good tool for identifying humans into thinking that a person is not a person -- something that could be used to defeat AI-based security camera systems. They theorize that the could just print the patch on a t-shirt and get the same result."</div>

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Vulnerabilities in GPS fleet-tracking tools let attackers track and immobilize cars en ... - 0 views

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GPS ITGS credential hack security privacy

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dr tech on 25 Apr 19

"L&M used a credential stuffing attack: using email addresses gleaned from massive breaches to gain access by repeatedly trying different email/password combinations."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"L&M used a credential stuffing attack: using email addresses gleaned from massive breaches to gain access by repeatedly trying different email/password combinations."</div>

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The future of cybersecurity: Your body as a hacker-proof network | ZDNet - 1 views

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PeopleAndMachine Internet Health

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"The Purdue researchers have created Electro-Quasistatic Human Body Communication (EQS-HBC) which uses low-frequency, carrier-less broadband transmission, and so keeps the signal almost entirely within the human body. That means data from pacemakers and other implantable medical devices would only be readable a handful of centimetres outside the wearer."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Purdue researchers have created Electro-Quasistatic Human Body Communication (EQS-HBC) which uses low-frequency, carrier-less broadband transmission, and so keeps the signal almost entirely within the human body. That means data from pacemakers and other implantable medical devices would only be readable a handful of centimetres outside the wearer."</div>

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Can Blockchain and Privacy Save Facebook? - Hacker Noon - 0 views

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ITGS facebook privacy and anonymity monetise micrpayments blockchain

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dr tech on 25 Apr 19

"Facebook could also shift monetization from ads to ecommerce via blockchain-based payments and services"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Facebook could also shift monetization from ads to ecommerce via blockchain-based payments and services"</div>

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San Francisco could be the first US city to ban facial recognition tech - 0 views

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ITGS facial recognition ai machine learning surveillance ban

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dr tech on 25 Apr 19

""While surveillance technology may threaten the privacy of us all, surveillance efforts have historically been used to intimidate and oppress certain communities and groups more than others, including those that are defined by a common race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, income level, sexual orientation, or political perspective.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""While surveillance technology may threaten the privacy of us all, surveillance efforts have historically been used to intimidate and oppress certain communities and groups more than others, including those that are defined by a common race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, income level, sexual orientation, or political perspective.""</div>

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Huawei P30 Pro 'Moon Mode' poses a new ethical dilemma for photos - 1 views

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ITGS integrity photoshop people and machines

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dr tech on 24 Apr 19

"According to tests performed by Wang Yue at Zhihu, the Huawei P30 Pro isn't just enhancing the image information the user captures but actually placing pre-existing imagery of the moon into the photo."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"According to tests performed by Wang Yue at Zhihu, the Huawei P30 Pro isn't just enhancing the image information the user captures but actually placing pre-existing imagery of the moon into the photo."</div>

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We've been warned about AI and music for over 50 years, but no one's prepared - The Verge - 0 views

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AI creativity legal ethics machine learning people and machines algorithm

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dr tech on 23 Apr 19

"Depending on how legal decisions shake out, AI systems could become a valuable tool to assist creativity, a nuisance ripping off hard-working human musicians, or both."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Depending on how legal decisions shake out, AI systems could become a valuable tool to assist creativity, a nuisance ripping off hard-working human musicians, or both."</div>

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Ethics committee raises alarm over 'predictive policing' tool | UK news | The Guardian - 0 views

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ethics ITGS government and politics policiesandstandards predictive algorithm anonymity privacy

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dr tech on 21 Apr 19

"Amid mounting financial pressure, at least a dozen police forces are using or considering predictive analytics, despite warnings from campaigners that use of algorithms and "predictive policing" models risks locking discrimination into the criminal justice system."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Amid mounting financial pressure, at least a dozen police forces are using or considering predictive analytics, despite warnings from campaigners that use of algorithms and "predictive policing" models risks locking discrimination into the criminal justice system."</div>

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Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy | TED Talk - 0 views

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ITGS facebook government and politics advertising control

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These tree-planting drones are firing 'seed missiles' into the ground. Less than a year... - 0 views

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ITGS drones environment people and machines

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Chinese companies using GPS tracking device smartwatches to monitor, alert street clean... - 0 views

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ITGS chinese gps tracking monitor street privacy and anonymity people and machines control

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dr tech on 20 Apr 19

"Following backlash, the company said it removed the alarm function from the smartwatch, but reports maintain the employees are still being required to wear the device so their location can be tracked."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Following backlash, the company said it removed the alarm function from the smartwatch, but reports maintain the employees are still being required to wear the device so their location can be tracked."</div>

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Opinion | The Privacy Project - The New York Times - 0 views

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ITGS privacy and anonymity

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dr tech on 16 Apr 19

GREAT website with lots of debate re Privacy issues...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">GREAT website with lots of debate re Privacy issues...</div>

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YouTube algorithm adds 9/11 explainer to Notre Dame fire video | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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ITGS reliability youtube algorithm news ai machine learning automation

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dr tech on 16 Apr 19

"The platform's automated tools may have mistaken the visuals of the burning building for 9/11 footage, according to Vagelis Papalexakis, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Riverside who studies machine learning used in similar systems."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The platform's automated tools may have mistaken the visuals of the burning building for 9/11 footage, according to Vagelis Papalexakis, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Riverside who studies machine learning used in similar systems."</div>

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