When Apple announced in a 2019 blog post that it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS operating system, the company…
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Digital video surveillance systems can’t just identify who someone is. They can also work out how someone is feeling and…
Renewed concern about the safety of public streets, especially for women, has prompted the UK government to announce the doubling of…
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by…
In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories. Some progressive cities have banned some uses…
Remember that scene in The Dark Knight where Batman really annoyed Morgan Freeman by turning on a city-wide surveillance system…
Facial recognition is increasingly being used in many countries around the world. In some cases the take up has been dramatic. As a result, people are being observed by cameras more than ever, whether in stores, on public transit, or at their workplaces.
To ensure that short-time renters don’t utterly trash your spare room, Airbnb has taken steps to provide you with peace…
Workplace surveillance sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but we are having to get used to it. In a sign of the times, the European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that a supermarket in Barcelona was entitled to fire employees after catching them stealing on CCTV cameras that they didn’t know were installed. This overturned a decision by the court’s lower chamber that the cameras had breached the employees’ human rights.
Fujifilm has announced a new long-range surveillance camera that can spot a vehicle’s licence plate from one kilometre away.