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Google Now Asking For Users’ Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: google, video selfies, facial recognition

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Missouri governor orders guardrails on Flock cameras and ALPRs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by St. Louis Public Radio | tags: flock cameras, alprs, mike kehoe

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Influencers Are Using Meta’s AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public (futurism.com)

2026-09-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: meta ai glasses, joybait, ragebait

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Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: facial recognition, fargo, lawsuit

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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Cindy Cohn | get Data and Goliath Bruce Schneier book → | tags: mass surveillance, ice, facial recognition

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Meta Is Using Instagram Users’ Photos to Build a Universal Facial Recognition System for Its Hated Smart Glasses, Class Action Lawsuit Claims (futurism.com)

2026-09-15 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: meta, smart glasses, facial recognition

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25 years of mass surveillance is enough (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruce Schneier | get laptop webcam cover privacy screen protector bundle → | tags: mass surveillance, nsa, ice

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This doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front door (theverge.com)

2026-09-15 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 → | tags: simplisafe, video doorbell, active guard

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Meta Faces a Class Action Lawsuit Over Planned Smart Glasses Facial Recognition (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: meta, smart glasses, facial recognition

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Claude is only available to people over 18 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: claude, yoti, age verification

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Claude is no longer available for minors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: claude, anthropic, yoti

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Mother Horrified When Instagram’s AI Scours Social Media for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters (futurism.com)

2026-09-10 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: meta ai, instagram, kalie robins

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Even the NYPD Thinks Smart Glasses Are Sketchy (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-08 | get Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses → | tags: nypd, smart glasses, surveillance

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SwitchBot’s retrofit door lock offers 19 ways to unlock it (theverge.com)

2026-09-03 | by Jess Weatherbed | get SwitchBot Lock Pro smart lock keypad → | tags: switchbot, lock ultra max, ifa

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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-02 | by Zack Whittaker | get Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses → | tags: meta, snap, facial recognition

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ClarityCheck people-finder left millions of face photos exposed, likely without their knowledge (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-19 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: claritycheck, face photos, facial-identification

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Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: meta, facial recognition, ray-ban

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Sainsbury's Store Pauses Facial Recognition After False Shoplifting Claim (slashdot.org)

2026-08-18 | tags: sainsbury's, facial recognition, facewatch

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Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies (theverge.com)

2026-08-17 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | tags: litter-robot, whisker, cat-facial-recognition

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Patent Filing Suggests Meta’s Facial Recognition Glasses Are Coming (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: meta, facial recognition, smart glasses

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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party (slashdot.org)

2026-08-15 | tags: meta, facial recognition, ai glasses

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New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kate Taylor | tags: madison square garden, facial recognition, biometric data

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Surprise, surprise: CBP officers are misusing surveillance tech (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Steve Dent | tags: cbp, facial recognition, license plate readers

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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues (wired.com)

2026-08-13 | by Yulia Almazova | tags: cbp, homeland security, facial recognition

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Could a Shirt Fool Facial Recognition? The Answer Is Complicated (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Nelson Aguilar | tags: facial recognition, cybersecurity, defcon

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London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: london underground, facial recognition, passenger scanning

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Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it) (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lance Whitney | tags: one drive, microsoft, windows 11

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MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: mit, surveillance cameras, ai-rgus

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Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mat Smith | tags: facebook verified, facial recognition, meta

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Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: google, facial recognition, google account