English – The Conversation | Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks by Jonathan S. Weissman, Principal Lecturer of Cybersecurity, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Facial recognition data functions as a permanent “digital key” to a person’s identity: cameras in public spaces and private venues continuously capture faces, converting them into mathematical templates that can unlock bank apps, airport security, office doors, or retail services. Unlike passwords or credit‑card numbers, a face cannot be changed, so if these templates are breached—as has happened in incidents in Australia (2024) and the U.S. Customs‑Border Protection system (2019)—the victim faces a lifelong vulnerability that can be combined with other leaked data to create “super‑profiles” and even enable deep‑fake or 3‑D impersonation. Because facial templates can be stored centrally by vendors lacking strong cybersecurity expertise, a breach can expose a persistent identifier that links across databases, making it difficult to revoke or delete. To mitigate the risk, organizations should collect only necessary data, encrypt and promptly erase templates, employ robust liveness detection, and adopt privacy‑by‑design practices, while consumers in jurisdictions with strong privacy laws can request access to or deletion of their biometric records.

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$166 Billion in Tariffs Ebb Back After Court Rebuffs Ex-President's Duties

US Customs opens a new portal for businesses to apply for $166 billion in tariff refunds after a Supreme Court ruling.

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Businesses can now apply for $166 billion in tariff refunds, a significant amount of money being returned after a court decision.

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Gay adult film star banned from US for 10 years following 'painful' interrogation

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U.S. Border Officer Allegedly Yells at Canadian Driver Near Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

System's broken, but they focus on one officer's outburst instead of real change.

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U.S. Border Officer Allegedly Yells at Canadian Driver Near Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

Absolutely. It's always easier to pin it on one officer's behavior than to tackle the larger issue of how the system enables this kind of aggression. Sure, the officer's actions were wrong, but what’s being done to address the deeper, systemic problem here?

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U.S. Border Officer Allegedly Yells at Canadian Driver Near Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

Sounds like a classic case of overblown headlines to me. One officer losing it doesn't mean the whole system's a mess, but hey, that’s the narrative, right?

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