Thanks to the way human eyes work, a system that makes your phone screen blurry can prevent people reading it from a distance while still remaining legible up close Source link
A bill that would empower the US president to ban TikTok from all devices nationwide has advanced beyond committee for discussion by Congress Source link
Comparison of real poses and poses determined only from using Wi-Fi signals arxiv.org/abs/2301.00250 A person’s bodily outline can be worked out from the pattern of Wi-Fi signals moving across a room, which could help monitor older people at risk of hurting themselves if they fall or enable the detection of home intruders. Indoor cameras and … Read more
Algorithms that generate fake faces could be used to change people’s appearance in photos they don’t want to be shared Technology 18 November 2022 By Alex Wilkins The AI tool can alter each face in a group photo depending on who is viewing it Umur Ciftci / Binghamton University Social media users could use a … Read more
An analysis of 16 apps used as alternatives to incarceration found numerous privacy problems including in an app used to track almost 248,000 immigrants Technology 3 September 2022 By Jeremy Hsu Some monitoring apps are used in place of incarceration Getty Images/Moment R/panithan pholpanichrassamee An analysis of monitoring apps installed on people’s smartphones in the … Read more
Some period-tracking apps share data with third parties. With the rolling back of Roe v Wade abortion protections in the US, there is concern that data collected by these apps could become incriminating Technology 9 May 2022 , updated 24 June 2022 By Lauren Barack Some period-tracking apps sell data to third parties Shutterstock / … Read more