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Tinder Investigating After 40,000 Pictures Taken From Site
Tinder is investigating an incident in which over 40,000 user facial pictures were downloaded by a programmer and shared on the internet. The data obtained by the programmer is now offline, however, it was mostly thought to have affected users based in the California region (although activity outside this area is…
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Smile – The FBI Know Your Face!
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has appeared in the news a lot recently, with many of its practices being considered questionable. Firstly they were found to be tracking, intercepting and analysing information from all over the world thanks to PRISM, then they tried to force Apple to create custom software…
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The FBI Wants to Identify People Based on Their Tattoos
We’ve all seen it in the movies and on TV, with facial recognition software identifying a single person amongst crowds of millions all across a city. It would seem that we are not alone when we watch those films as the FBI now wants to take the software one step…
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Recommended Photo Tags Could Cost Facebook
We’ve all had those good nights out round a friend’s place, partying and enjoying the jokes and company before heading home only to find our Facebook feeds saying that someone managed to snap a few photos of the festivities. This happens when you are out and about as well thanks…
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Apple Watch Hack Allows You to Run Custom Watch Face
I know Apple is strict with its programming and customization, but the company did state it will allow developers to make a few tweaks here and there to the visuals of the watch face in watchOS 2. However, if you choose to push even beyond that, you could end up…
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Apple Finally Letting Users De-Register iMessage Account
Apple has just announced their new website, enabling users to de-register their iMessage service – helping users unbind their telephone numbers from the Apple-only offering. This website has been developed to solve the issue of when a user stops using their iPhone and switches to another device, their registered iMessage…
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UK Police Trials The World’s Fastest Face Recognition System
Britain is dubbed the most watched country in the world, with over 6 million CCTV cameras watching everything that moves. This is why the London police aims to further improve its CCTV network use by adding body-worn cameras to help identify ‘criminal activities’ faster. The new technology is said to…
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Facebook Facial Recognition Software Proven to be More Accurate than FBI Counterpart
There has been a lot of debating when it comes to facial recognition, having the FBI scare people off with its Next Generation Identification project and its intention to gather millions of photos in a federal database. However, the FBI’s system has been proven to be inaccurate despite the EFF’s…
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$5,000 Can Nab You a Copy Cat of Your Ex-Partner Thanks to Match.com
Do you have a hard time letting go? Possible attachment issues? Match.com has the answer for you! Thanks to a new advancement in their technologies, Match.com now gives users the option to search for a new relationship candidate based purely on their facial structure. It has been reported that Match.com are running this service…
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