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Nextdoor Drops 'Forward to Police' Feature After Rampant Concerns of Racial Profiling

The neighborhood social networking platform Nextdoor dropped its “Forward to Police” feature this week, a widely…

Alyse Stanley

PublishedJune 20, 2020

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U.S. Blacklists Dozens of Chinese Companies Working on AI, Face Recognition Tech

The U.S. Commerce Department has put another 33 Chinese businesses—many of which develop artificial intelligence and…

Alyse Stanley

PublishedMay 23, 2020

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Vermont Seeks Injunction Against Clearview AI, Says Firm Broke Multiple State Laws

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the controversial face recognition…

Dell Cameron

PublishedMarch 11, 2020

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Clearview AI Reportedly Worked On a Mug Shot Repository to Go With Its Face Recognition App

The controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI has already landed in hot water for purportedly letting both…

Alyse Stanley

PublishedMarch 5, 2020

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Apple Disables Clearview AI's App, Says the Face Recognition Firm Violated Its Rules

Embattled face recognition startup Clearview AI is topping off a week of intense scrutiny over its nebulous law…

Dell Cameron

PublishedFebruary 28, 2020

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We Found Clearview AI's Shady Face Recognition App

A face recognition app used by thousands of law enforcement agencies, which has drawn considerable scrutiny in past…

Dell Cameron,

Shoshana Wodinsky,

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedFebruary 27, 2020

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Data Breach at Controversial Face Recognition Firm Shows Company Can't Be Trusted, Officials Say

A security breach at a face-recognition startup, already embattled over its unfettered collection of Americans’…

Dell Cameron

PublishedFebruary 26, 2020

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House Lawmaker Asks Amazon to Turn Over Ring's Police Requests

A House subcommittee that oversees consumer protection and information security in the private sector is pursuing a…

Dell Cameron

PublishedFebruary 19, 2020

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Ring Finally Rolls Out Mandatory Two-Factor Authentication After Privacy Scandals

Following scandals involving hijacked camera feeds the company blamed on its users and leaky data, Amazon-owned Ring…

Victoria Song

PublishedFebruary 18, 2020

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Feds Find Fourth Amendment Workaround, Buy Phone Locations From Marketing Firms

Sidestepping the need to obtain a search warrant, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been…

Dell Cameron

PublishedFebruary 7, 2020

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Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center

Ring has begun pushing out an update to its phone app with the aim of consolidating all of its security settings, a…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJanuary 31, 2020

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Campaign to Ban Face Recognition at U.S. Colleges Gathers Steam

An organized campaign against the use of biometric surveillance at universities and colleges in the U.S. is…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJanuary 28, 2020

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Ring App Shares Personal Data With Facebook, Other Unlisted Trackers, EFF Says

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Monday announced that its research into the Ring app’s Android version…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJanuary 27, 2020

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Ring Asked Reporters to Omit Ukraine Staff's Work on 'Many Other Amazon Projects'

Amazon’s home security company, Ring, pressed the chief editor at a Ukrainian business publication last year to…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJanuary 24, 2020

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70,000 Tinder Photos of Women Just Got Dumped on a Cyber-Crime Forum

More than 70,000 photos of Tinder users are being shared by members of an online cyber-crime forum, Gizmodo has…

Dell Cameron

and Shoshana Wodinsky

PublishedJanuary 16, 2020

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FBI Surveillance Vendor Threatens to Sue Tech Reporters for Heinous Crime of Doing Journalism

Motherboard on Thursday revealed that a “secretive” U.S. government vendor whose surveillance products are not…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJanuary 9, 2020

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Ring's Security Woes Cause Some Tech Review Sites to Rethink Glowing Endorsements

At least two tech review sites are discussing whether to rescind their positive recommendations of Ring’s home…

Dell Cameron

PublishedDecember 24, 2019

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Ring Sure Does Have a Lot of Password Leaks That Are Entirely Your Fault

One of Ring’s stated goals is to “reduce crime in neighborhoods by connecting people.” What customers didn’t expect…

Dell Cameron

PublishedDecember 19, 2019

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'I Slept With My Gun': What It's Like to Get Your Ring Camera Hacked

John was on his way home from the grocery store when he got the panicked call from his wife. After a weekend out of…

Dell Cameron

PublishedDecember 13, 2019

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DHS Aims to Expand Facial Recognition at Border to Include U.S. Citizens

Facial recognition technology has been creeping into American airports for a few years, but now the Department of…

Jennings Brown

PublishedDecember 3, 2019

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