facial recognition
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Why facial recognition couldn't identify Boston bombing suspects
We have TV-inspired ideas of what facial recognition technology can do, but the reality is that it's far less useful than depicted on shows like "Homeland".
Facebook is turning facial recognition back on - so here's how to check your "photo tagging" settings
Facebook is turning its controversial facial recognition feature back on so that your "friends" can tag you more easily in photographs.
Now would be a good time to revisit your photo tagging security settings - here's how.
Facebook Photo Sync: Nine things you should know
Facebook has introduced a new feature for iPhone, iPad and Android users which means you can automatically sync any photos you take on your mobile device with your Facebook account.
Here's what you should know before you enable the feature.
Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week
It's weekly summary time.
Here's everything we've written in the last seven days.
Under pressure, Facebook disables facial recognition in Europe
Facebook is dropping its controversial facial recognition feature, for European users at least, following a privacy backlash from users and regulators.
But it may not be long before it returns..
WikiLeaks.org is crippled under a massive DDoS. Is the TrapWire leak to blame?
WikiLeaks says it is the victim of a massive DDoS. Is it because it leaked TrapWire's surveillance system that makes use of real-time facial profiling to search databases of red-flagged individuals?
Facial recognition comes to Google+, but unlike Facebook it's opt-in
Google is rolling out a new feature for Google Plus users that uses facial recognition to help tag photos. Will Google's opt-in policy ease privacy concerns?
Facebook 'Girls Must Be Watch Out Of Her mind' photo-tagging scam - the lessons to learn
Now that Facebook has universally enabled its facial recognition service, photo-tagging has really taken off.
But photo-tagging also opens a whole new world of abuse by rogue applications: deliberately tagging you in images in which you don't appear.
SSCC 69 - Google+, Facebook facial recognition, Apple iOS SSL flaw and OS X File Vault 2
David Schwartzberg joined Chet for this week's Chet Chat. David is a specialist in data protection and shared his thoughts on the new File Vault 2 feature in Mac OS X Lion. Dave and Chet also discussed Google+ privacy, Facebook's compromise on facial recognition and the critical vulnerability in Apple's iOS.
Apple, RSA, Facebook, spyware, scareware, DDoS - 90 Sec News - June 2011
Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds!
Looking back over last month: Apple does anti-virus, RSA replaces tokens, Facebook stays opt-out, Macbook Peeping Tom caught, Scareware gang busted, DDoSer sentenced.
Mac malware, Sony, LulzSec, Facebook facial recognition, Lockheed/RSA - 90 Sec News - May 2011
Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds!
This month: Mac malware makes itself known, Sony woes continue, Lulzsec hacks, Facebook gets creepier, and Lockheed faces a challenge.
Facebook changes privacy settings for millions of users - facial recognition is enabled
Do you want Facebook to know what you look like? Do you want Facebook to recommend to your friends that they should tag you in a photograph?
If not, it's time to change your privacy settings.
Facial recognition software that blurs your sensitive data when you're not looking at it
A product called "PrivateEye" uses your computer's webcam to identity your face. While you're looking at the screen, PrivateEye's facial recognition software knows not to do anything - but as soon as you look away, the contents of your screen become an unintelligible blur.
Automatic photo tagging: Facebook friendships get creepier
The latest new Facebook feature is automatic photo tagging.
So even people who aren't on Facebook, or who choose not to identify themselves openly in uploaded photos, are increasingly likely to end up easy-to-find online.
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