… And they also say that because deepfake images will not be made public as part of the lawsuit, this should assuage any privacy concerns. “Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was … …
… Meta has paid roughly $2 billion to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas, which accused the company of capturing users' faceprints without consent for the same photo-tagging system it later shuttered. …
… Since then, the US Virgin Islands attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against Meta that, among other things, alleged that the company not only failed to crack down on scam advertising but charged advertisers higher rates to run ads flagged as likely to be fraudulent. That lawsuit is ongoing. …
… The investigation alleged xAI violated Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law by not including “appropriate safeguards from the outset.” The investigation says xAI told the Privacy Commissioner that it has introduced new safeguards to prevent people from successfully prompting Grok to alter cl… …
… The lawsuit alleges that DHS violated the customs law that gives the agency the power to request records from businesses and other parties. …
… Now I guess the privacy brand isn't as valuable, so they just reverse it and blame the users.”
… Even so, some experts are still nervous about how user’s personal data will be accessed. “It could have good benefits, make you super efficient, and be really helpful, but it does make the privacy issue a little bit more murky,” says Marshini Chetty, a computer scientist at University of Chicago wh… …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… After triggering NameTag with Foucault’s image, the app produced a notification: “Person recognized.” “The main components of a face-recognition feature are already in Meta's companion app,” Buchodi says. “Not many pieces stand between this and a working feature.” In April, more than 70 advocacy gr… …
… This has already prompted an ongoing consumer protection lawsuit. …