Possible,
but unlikely? Think of the ability to match your face (from social
media) to people at political rallies or other events.
Samantha Cole reports:
Someone posting on Chinese social network Weibo claims to have used facial recognition to cross-reference women’s photos on social media with faces pulled from videos on adult platforms like Pornhub.
In a Monday post on Weibo, the user, who says he’s based in Germany, claimed to have “successfully identified more than 100,000 young ladies” in the adult industry “on a global scale.”
To be clear, the user has posted no proof that he’s actually been able to do this, and hasn’t published any code, databases, or anything else besides an empty GitLab page to verify this is real.
Read
more on Vice.
Because
terrorists always announce their intent on social media?
Trump
administration to ask most US visa applicants for social media
information
… Most
visa applicants, including temporary visitors, will be required to
list their social media identifiers in a drop down menu along with
other personal information.
Applicants
will have the option to say that they do not use social media if that
is the case. The official noted that if a visa applicant lies about
social media use that they could face "serious immigration
consequences" as a result.
For
now, the drop down menu only includes major social media websites,
but the official said applicants soon will be able to list all sites
that they use.
“This
is a critical step forward in establishing enhanced vetting of
foreign nationals seeking entry into the United States," the
official told Hill.TV. “As we’ve seen around the world in recent
years, social media can be a major forum for terrorist sentiment and
activity. This will be a vital tool to screen out terrorists, public
safety threats, and other dangerous individuals from gaining
immigration benefits and setting foot on U.S. soil."
… Trump's
executive order is titled "Protecting The Nation From Foreign
Terrorist Entry Into The United States."
Maury
Nichols points me to some interesting numbers.
Alec
Stapp on GDPR
Compliance
costs are astronomical
Prior to GDPR going into effect, it was estimated that total GDPR compliance costs for US firms with more than 500 employees “could reach $150 billion.” (Fortune)
Another estimate from the same time said 75,000 Data Protection Officers would need to be hired for compliance. (IAPP)
As of March 20, 2019, 1,129 US news sites are still unavailable in the EU due to GDPR. (Joseph O’Connor)
Microsoft had 1,600 engineers working on compliance. (Microsoft)
During a Senate hearing, Keith Enright, Google’s chief privacy officer, estimated that the company spent “hundreds of years of human time” to comply with the new privacy rules. (Quartz)
However, French authorities ultimately decided Google’s compliance efforts were insufficient: “France fines Google nearly $57 million for first major violation of new European privacy regime” (The Washington Post)
“About 220,000 name tags will be removed in Vienna by the end of [2018], the city’s housing authority said. Officials fear that they could otherwise be fined up to $23 million, or about $1,150 per name.” (The Washington Post)
Here is just
one segment of an
excellent piece
Perspective.
Smart guesses.
There
are about 5.3bn people on earth aged over 15. Of these, around 5bn
have a mobile phone.
About 4bn
people have a smartphone.
Fewer
obstacles on rails?
Kevin
Neumaier's next goal is to change the face of transportation
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