Governments breaking encryption is bad, and ‘will get worse once breaking encryption means people can die’, says one of the world’s leading security experts. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Brazil’s consumer rights body slams use of biometrics in the social security system
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•Watchdog urges the government to put plans to procure the technology should be put on hold until security issues around citizen data are solved. …read more Source:: Open Source S
ICO slams UK Met Police for failure to handle public data requests
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•With GDPR in full swing, the data watchdog wants to help consumers access the information the police have on them. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Report slams police for using “garbage” data with facial recognition tools
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•From artist sketches to pictures of celebrity look-alikes, US police have submitted questionable images to facial recognition systems to track down suspects, a Georgetown Law report notes. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Intel’s neuro guru slams deep learning: ‘it’s not actually learning’
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•Intel’s director of its neuromorphic computing initiative, Mike Davies, chided Facebook’s Yann LeCun at an industry conference for failing to appreciate the virtues of the Intel technology. He derided the …read more Source:: Open Source S
Linus Torvalds slams CTS Labs over AMD vulnerability report
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•Linux’s creator said he thinks CTS Labs’ AMD chip security report “looks more like stock manipulation than a security advisory” and questions an industry. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Former Irish Chief Justice slams data retention as mass surveillance and threat to fundamental rights
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•On the plus side, at least Irish authorities will have to get juridical approval to access retained data under proposed government amendments. …read more Source:: Open Source S