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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Security use cases. billion by 2022.

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The Rise of “Bulletproof” Residential Networks

Krebs on Security

In late April 2019, KrebsOnSecurity received a tip from an online retailer who’d seen an unusual number of suspicious transactions originating from a series of Internet addresses assigned to a relatively new Internet provider based in Maryland called Residential Networking Solutions LLC. WHAT IS RESNET?

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