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Go ahead and use TikTok all you want

Cuddle up with TikTok all you want. What else is there to do?. Stan Horaczek TikTok is a fun, silly place. To scroll through it is to take in a sensational amount of people dancing and lip-syncing. There’s a video of Cameron Diaz’s wine drinking challenge, a very polite kid named Grey, and a clip… Continue reading Go ahead and use TikTok all you want

France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered

Clearview AI came under fire for scraping billions of selfies off the Internet to sell facial recognition services to law enforcement. France’s privacy watchdog said that the company has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and France has now ordered Clearview AI to delete its database. So far, Clearview AI has reportedly gathered around… Continue reading France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered

Apple Wipes Controversial Child Abuse Photo Scanning From Its Site

Apple has quietly removed all references to its highly controversial plan to scan iPhone photo libraries for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The company previously postponed its plans in response to backlash but may abandon them entirely now. Apple first announced that it would add a CSAM scanning feature in all of its devices in… Continue reading Apple Wipes Controversial Child Abuse Photo Scanning From Its Site

The era of the ‘always-on’ smartphone camera is here

Qualcomm’s new chipset supports “always-on” camera functionality. Qualcomm Back in the early 1980s, American singer Rockwell released his sole chart-topping single, “Somebody’s Watching Me“. Featuring backing vocals from Michael and Jermaine Jackson, the song made a rather catchy hit of its protagonist’s deeply paranoid delusions. But had it been released in 2022 instead, those same… Continue reading The era of the ‘always-on’ smartphone camera is here

Speed Camera Photo Sent to Woman Exposes Husband’s Affair

Speed cameras have long raised concerns over privacy issues, but they remain a popular means for governments to promote road safety (and raise revenue) by automatically catching drivers who break traffic laws. It turns out the cameras can also inadvertently catch people who break their marriage vows. The German newspaper Bild reports that a 36-year-old… Continue reading Speed Camera Photo Sent to Woman Exposes Husband’s Affair

Apple to Release Nudity Detection, But Other Safety Features Still on Hold

Apple‘s iOS 15.2 is close to launching and at least one photo-centric child protection feature is included: nudity detection for photos sent in texts. Other safety features are still on hold. In August, Apple announced that it was planning to implement a software feature that would scan iPhone photo libraries in order to protect children.… Continue reading Apple to Release Nudity Detection, But Other Safety Features Still on Hold

Qualcom’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 poses big potential privacy issues with always-on camera

Well, it looks like it might not just be our desktop and laptop webcams that we might be taping over soon, but our smartphones, too. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, set to arrive in high-end Android devices next year comes with an always-on selfie camera. That’s a pretty big issue. About the new… Continue reading Qualcom’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 poses big potential privacy issues with always-on camera

Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules

It did not take long for bad actors to abuse Twitter’s new image rules, and the social media company has confirmed it mistakenly suspended multiple accounts from false reports generated by “far-right” extremists. On November 30, Twitter published an update to its private information policy that specifically banned the publication of photos and videos (defined… Continue reading Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules

New Twitter policy says don’t share photos/videos without a subject’s permission

Twitter Twitter has just introduced a new privacy policy that limits the sharing of photos or videos of private individuals without their permission. While it sounds like it might be a big deal—and it has certainly prompted a big reaction—it’s probably nothing for photographers to worry about. What does the new policy say? Twitter already… Continue reading New Twitter policy says don’t share photos/videos without a subject’s permission