persons

Creepy facial-recognition search engine tracks down a person’s photos online

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A Polish website called PimEyes uses facial recognition to search the internet for pictures of a person based on a single image.  That photo can be taken from a news site, social media, or an uploaded selfie, and the computer algorithm then shows matches on the web.  The free part of service shows photos it … Read more

Hackers can use a Safari security vulnerability to gain access to a person’s iPhone camera 

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A security flaw in Apple’s Safari web browser could potentially give hackers access your camera on your iPhone or laptop by impersonating familiar websites like Skype A security researcher discovered a flaw in Apple’s Safari browser It lets hackers impersonate familiar websites that have permission to the camera Using a minor variation on a familiar URL, … Read more