Ireland opens GDPR investigation into Facebook leak
Facebook's lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis-a-vis the leak of data reported last week. "The…
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This Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car in Real-Time
A surveillance company (defense contractor) that claims to have access to motor vehicle location data on a global scale says it wants to use that data to help U.S. federal…
Face Surveillance and the Capitol Attack
After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many,…
Many iOS Encryption Measures ‘Unused,’ Say Cryptographers
iOS does not utilize built-in encryption measures as much as it could do, allowing for potentially unnecessary security vulnerabilities, according to cryptographers at Johns Hopkins University (via Wired). Using publicly…
This Android malware claims to give hackers full control of your smartphone
A new combination of two older types of Android malware, which provides hackers with access to almost everything a user does on an Android smartphone, is up for sale on…
How Much Should We Really Care about Data Privacy
As data scientists how much should we care data privacy? Well more data means better models and less data means less accurate models. So in a sense the value we…
Fawkes protects your identity from facial recognition systems, pixel by pixel
A new tool has been proposed for cloaking our true identities when photos are posted online to prevent profiling through facial recognition systems. Deep learning tools and facial recognition software…
How to become internet famous for $68
His eyes fume from his Twitter profile: he is Hollywood-handsome with high cheekbones and dirty blond, collar-length hair. Next to his name is one of social media’s most prized possessions,…
A TikTok ban is the wrong solution for data privacy
First of all, a TikTok Ban is just plain un-American*. Russia bans apps when their leader doesn't like what people say on them. China bans apps when their leader doesn't…
HTML Data Cleaning in Python for NLP
The most important step of any data-driven project is obtaining quality data. Without these preprocessing steps, the results of a project can easily be biased or completely misunderstood. Here, we…