Because they listen or something else?
https://www.pogowasright.org/i-r-s-to-end-use-of-facial-recognition-for-identity-verification/
I.R.S. to End Use of Facial Recognition for Identity Verification
Alan Rappeport reports:
The Internal Revenue Service plans to stop using facial recognition software to identify taxpayers accessing their accounts on the agency’s website amid concerns over privacy and data security.
The decision comes as the I.R.S. is coping with a daunting tax season, faced with backlogs of old tax returns, staffing shortages and additional complexity related to paying stimulus and child tax credits. Now, amid those challenges, the agency must change how it verifies the identity of taxpayers.
Read more at The New York Times.
Less social but not yet anti-social?
https://www.courthousenews.com/massachusetts-high-court-expands-social-media-privacy-rights/
Massachusetts high court expands social media privacy rights
Police can go snooping around in your Snapchat account, the justices held, but only within limits.
… Writing for the unanimous court, Justice Frank Gaziano declined to adopt what has been the prevailing view "that … once any content is posted on social media, no reasonable expectation of privacy remains."
The opinion also quotes the Supreme Court's Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said such a categorical rule is "ill suited to the digital age, in which people reveal a great deal of information about themselves to third parties in the course of carrying out mundane tasks."
And so to determine whether police can engage in social-media snooping, “each case must be resolved by carefully considering the totality of the circumstances,” Gaziano wrote — a steep hurdle for police, as they won’t necessarily be able to tell in advance whether any snooping they do will result in evidence that can be used in court.
Useful method or madness.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60293057
Porn sites will be legally required to verify users' age
Porn websites in the UK will be legally required to verify the age of their users under new internet safety laws.
The legislation, which is part of the draft Online Safety Bill, aims to give children better protection from explicit material.
The measures, to ensure users are 18 or over, could see people asked to prove they own a credit card or confirm their age via a third-party service.
… The Online Safety Bill is expected to be introduced to parliament over the next few months and is designed to protect users from harmful content.
Internal threat: Anyone in the other political party?
House watchdog weighs ‘behavioral monitoring’ to deter internal security threats
A top congressional watchdog is considering calling for the House sergeant at arms to launch a program aimed at identifying and deterring internal threats, including through “behavioral monitoring,” according to a draft document reviewed by POLITICO.
… The programs generally assess typical employee behavior — the average number of pages printed per week, for instance — in an effort to gauge if someone’s online activity has become aberrant. The degrees of scrutiny that these programs level can vary substantially from agency to agency.
Some of the most robust programs track every keystroke that employees make on their work computers.
Tools & Techniques.
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/davinciface
Turn your selfies into da Vinci paintings with this brilliant AI tool
… DaVinciFace uses using artificial intelligence and algorithms to transform your face into something akin to the Mona Lisa in mere minutes. Developed by a Florence-based tech firm, the tool is already proving hugely popular online.
All you have to do is upload a photo to the DaVinciFace website, and you'll be presented with a renaissance-style version in under two minutes.
Tools & Techniques.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-to-make-your-windows-computer-speak-to-you/
5 Ways to Make Your Computer Read Documents to You
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