Bollywood stars fight identity theft

"This is about whether or not we as citizens can trust the systems that are in place to protect us when we're dealing with these multinational organizations."

A US insurance agency is warning tens of thousands of Americans that their personal information is at risk after its network was hacked. In a report sent to the Maine Attorney General, Nevada-based TransGlobal Insurance Agency says its customers’ information is at risk following a February 18th cyberattack. An investigation determined that the exposed data […] The post Insurance Agency Warns 71,597 Americans of Potential for Identity Theft and Fraud Following Cybersecurity Incident appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition Britain’s biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered face scanning to catch criminals is lagging far behind the technology’s rapid growth. With the Metropolitan police almost doubling the number of faces they scan in London over the past 12 months and a rising use of the technology by retailers in the UK, Prof William Webster, the biometrics commissioner for England and Wales, said the “slow pace of legislation was trying to catch up with the real world” and “the horse had gone before the cart”. An independent audit of the Met’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT) has been indefinitely postponed after the police requested delays. Polling shows 57% of people believe the systems are