Amazon launches Ring indoor drone and wheeled business patrol robot
Both robots map interiors and use cloud processing; Ring cites a scheme it says later deletes encryption keys.
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NYC Mayor criticizes Madison Square Garden owner over surveillance tech
Mayor Zohran Mamdani urges ban on biometric data collection in public spaces following reports on Madison Square Garden surveillance.
Binary biometric feedback can still enable template reconstruction
A geometric attack using only accept or reject, plus a facial diffusion prior, cuts queries by about five times.
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
A court filing alleges ICE stored protester photos and personal data in a Palantir case-management database.
Podcast: The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
404 Media’s podcast covers a claimed hack exposing data on all FBI employees and spouses.
Consumer AI Fatigue Is Overwhelming, Local Businesses Should Reconsider Use
Opinion column says consumer AI is spreading deepfakes, bad facial matches, and fabricated local news.
UK rail cops' £320K face-scanning spree nets zero matches
British Transport Police's £320,000 face-scanning pilot produced no correct matches.
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The End of Privacy Is Here (with Kashmir Hill)
404 Media interviews Kashmir Hill on facial recognition used to identify and dox people in public.
Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online
Clearview AI is prototyping InquiryIQ, an AI analyst assistant that would automatically profile individuals identified through its face-recognition searches for police.
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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
Norway's government is weighing bans on camera-enabled smart glasses and facial recognition in public to protect privacy.
ICO Urges Police to Improve Data Governance in Facial Recognition Rollouts
The UK's ICO urged police forces deploying facial recognition to strengthen data governance and follow the regulator's published recommendations.
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
Meta filed a patent for AI glasses that identify people via facial recognition and auto-generate highlight reels of events like dinner parties.