Biometrically Secured Crypto Wallet Gets a UI Upgrade
Having been live in the App Store for only a few weeks, ZenGo has updated its eponymous cryptocurrency app. Most of the enhancements concern the app’s…
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Facebook Gives More Users an ‘Off’ Switch for Facial Recognition
The ongoing controversy about the public use of facial recognition technology may have given Facebook a little chill in recent months, with the company…
Facebook Asks Indian Supreme Court to Decide on Aadhaar Privacy Issue
“This is largely in relation to the WhatsApp messaging app owned by Facebook, through which information deemed to be a public threat can be promulgated.”…
EFF Highlights Significance of Facebook Class Action Lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has weighed in on the recent Appellate Court ruling that cleared the way for a class action lawsuit against Facebook. The…
Ninth Circuit Court Allows Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook to Proceed
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a class action lawsuit against Facebook, ruling that “Facebook users located in Illinois for whom…
DHS, FBI, Facebook, and Microsoft Collaborate to Fight Election Hacking
The Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Facebook, and Microsoft together made unlikely partners in a recent joint briefing to…
US, Mexican Authorities to Track Human Trafficking Victims with Facial Recognition
Attorneys General from the US and Mexico are poised to unveil a new facial recognition system designed to track victims of human trafficking this week.…
On-Device Authentication Month: The Funeral March of the Password
May has come to an end and with it must go On-Device Authentication Month, our five week focus on the biometric authentication technologies replacing passwords…
Facebook Granted Delay in Biometric Privacy Trial
Facebook’s legal team made a Hail Mary last week to delay its biometric class action lawsuit, and it has now scored a touchdown: A panel of judges on the 9th…
Facebook Officially Enters the War on Passwords, Joins FIDO Board
Facebook has become the latest tech giant to join the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors. The company’s support for FIDO and its standards is not altogether new.…