Alessandro Acquisti Discussed Facebook Research

Carnegie Mellon University researcher Alessandro Acquisti spoke at Black Hat on the “Faces of Facebook,” in which he discussed research showing how facial recognition software can be used to unite disparate silos of public and private data online, creating a comprehensive, Minority Report-style...

How Facebook and Facial Recognition Are Creating a Minority Report-Style Privacy Meltdown

Researchers at the annual Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas have demonstrated how cloud computing, facial recognition technology, Facebook, a freely available personal information can be used to match faces in a crowd to detailed online profiles. The demonstration brings us closer to the brink of ...