Smart Glasses for the Authorities

ICE is developing its own version of smart glasses, with facial recognition tied to various databases...

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people...

Why Aggregate Accuracy Is Inadequate for Evaluating Fairness in Law Enforcement Facial Recognition Systems

Facial recognition systems are increasingly deployed in law enforcement and security contexts, where algorithmic decisions can carry significant societal consequences. Despite high reported accuracy, growing evidence demonstrates that such systems often exhibit uneven performance across demograph...

Could your face change what you pay? NYC wants limits on biometric tracking

New York City lawmakers are pushing to ban private businesses from using biometric tools like voice and facial recognition software to track the public. While the desire to use surveillance technology in stores to fight shoplifting is understandable, lawmakers and privacy advocates are worried th...

CVE-2026-3111

Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in Campus Educativa specifically at the endpoint '/archivos/usuarios/ID/username/thumbAAxAA.jpg' translated as 80x90 and 40x45. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the profile photos of...

CVE-2026-3111 Multiple vulnerabilities on the Educativa Campus

Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in Campus Educativa specifically at the endpoint '/archivos/usuarios/ID/username/thumbAAxAA.jpg' translated as 80x90 and 40x45. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the profile photos of...

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules...

AI-Powered Surveillance in Schools

It all sounds pretty dystopian: Inside a white stucco building in Southern California, video cameras compare faces of passersby against a facial recognition database. Behavioral analysis AI reviews the footage for signs of violent behavior. Behind a bathroom door, a smoke detector-shaped device...

The Wegman’s Supermarket Chain Is Probably Using Facial Recognition

The New York City Wegman's is collecting biometric information about customers...

Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras

404 Media has the story: Unlike many of Flock's cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock's Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom PTZ cameras designed to record and track people, not vehicles. Condor cameras can be set to automatically zoom in on people's faces as...

Canadian police trialling facial recognition bodycams

A municipal police force in Canada is now using facial recognition bodycams, it was revealed this week. The police service in the prairie city of Edmonton is trialling technology from US-based Axon, which makes products for the military and law enforcement. Up to 50 officers are taking part in th...

Canadian police trialing facial recognition bodycams

A municipal police force in Canada is now using facial recognition bodycams, it was revealed this week. The police service in the prairie city of Edmonton is trialing technology from US-based Axon, which makes products for the military and law enforcement. Up to 50 officers are taking part in the...

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...

EUVD-2020-3253

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EUVD-2022-51175

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EUVD-2022-51055

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EUVD-2022-51174

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EUVD-2022-51059

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EUVD-2022-41531

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Roblox introduces age checks to use communication features

Roblox is an online platform that allows users to build, play and share online worlds and 3D games. Unfortunately, it’s also a popular platform among predators reaching out to kids and seducing them using game features such as messaging, avatar customization, and role-play. Over the years, the...