Category: identification
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Identifying People Using Wi-Fi Routers
Identifying People Using Wi-Fi Routers Not identifying people based on their use of Wi-Fi routers, but identifying people using Wi-Fi signals. This is accomplished through what is known as WiFi sensing, or the use of WiFi signals to infer information about a physical environment. When radio signals like WiFi travel through a space, they interact…
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Failures in Face Recognition
Failures in Face Recognition Interesting article on people with nonstandard faces and how facial recognition systems fail for them. Some of those living with facial differences tell WIRED they have undergone multiple surgeries and experienced stigma for their entire lives, which is now being echoed by the technology they are forced to interact with. They…
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How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency
How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency The current state of digital identity is a mess. Your personal information is scattered across hundreds of locations: social media companies, IoT companies, government agencies, websites you have accounts on, and data brokers you’ve never heard of. These entities collect, store, and trade your data, often without your knowledge…
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Google Is Allowing Device Fingerprinting
Google Is Allowing Device Fingerprinting Lukasz Olejnik writes about device fingerprinting, and why Google’s policy change to allow it in 2025 is a major privacy setback. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier
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Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification
Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification This is going to be interesting. It’s a video of someone trying on a variety of printed full-face masks. They won’t fool anyone for long, but will survive casual scrutiny. And they’re cheap and easy to swap. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier