By Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao of NPR. Co-published with Wired. They recommend using headphones while reading this article: Ariella Russcol specializes in drama at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens, New York, and the senior’s performance on this April afternoon didn’t disappoint. While the library is [Read More…]
Joe Cadillic writes: One of the NFL’s premiere franchises, the New England Patriots is using “Evolve Edge” millimeter wave/facial recognition scanners to identify fans before they enter Gillette Stadium. According to Evolv Edge’s brochure, their scanners use facial recognition to identify everyone. “The automated, consistent screening eliminates guard fatigue and subjectivity so there’s [Read More…]
Louise Matsakis reports a follow-up to a snooping case previously noted on this site. In 2013, Amy Krekelberg received an unsettling notice from Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources: An employee had abused his access to a government driver’s license database and snooped on thousands of people in the state, mostly [Read More…]
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the following statement: The ICO has fined telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without consent. The messages, sent in early 2018, encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app to manage their account and [Read More…]