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> "the cost for each arrest using traditional methods was 53.9 per cent higher than for those using facial recognition, based on the number of officer hours involved. When I asked the Met how it had arrived at this figure, a spokesperson confirmed the calculation did not take into account the cost of the technology." đź¤
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/72853/rise-facial-recognition-policing
NEW: UK officials today sanctioned a Chinese-language $20 billion scam marketplace.
For years, Xinbi Guarantee has sold stolen personal data, money laundering services, and the infrastructure needed to run online scams. The sanctions are the latest move combatting organized scamming from Cambodia
https://www.wired.com/story/20-billion-xinbi-guarantee-uk-sanctions/
New with @lhn: The US war in Iran is happening in an information void—internet blackouts are stopping information getting in or out of Iran.
One group of digital activists have been confirming and mapping known missile strikes in Iran, locations at risk of being targeted, and making it available in offline maps to Iranians
Full story on the crowd-sourced effort to get info to Iranians here: https://www.wired.com/story/iranians-dont-have-a-missile-alert-system-so-volunteers-built-their-own-warning-map/
“Public commitments to support privacy features are literally the only thing that we the public have. If they’re worthless, then why should we assume we’ll continue to have end-to-end encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp?”
Iran is currently enduring its longest-ever internet shutdown, which began shortly after the Feb-28 airstrikes.
My latest post covers all of 2026, outages within the whitelisted traffic, and other observations from our data. #DigitalBlackOutIran‌
https://www.kentik.com/blog/internet-and-airstrikes-tracking-irans-extended-communication-blackout/
In this post, we use Kentik’s traffic statistics to dig into the ongoing internet shutdown in Iran, which began within hours of American and Israeli airstrikes on February 28. This is the second shutdown of the year for Iran and its worst in history. Despite the shutdown, a small amount of whitelisted traffic continues to flow in and out of the country. Using our unique traffic data, we visualize changes within this residual traffic in recent days as the government cracks down on Iranians…
NEW on WIRED: Criminal gangs are hiring people to pose as the face of deepfake scams—making hundreds of video calls per day
“Filters may be used, but ensure the image is realistic. Live-action videos are permitted; wigs are prohibited,” one job ad says
https://www.wired.com/story/models-are-applying-to-be-the-face-of-ai-scams/
"In the State Department cable, dated February 18 and signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency said such laws would "disrupt global data flows, increase costs and cybersecurity risks, limit Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services, and expand government control in ways that can undermine civil liberties and enable censorship.""
🇨🇠The Canton Hospital in Luzern, one of Switzerland's biggest, uses an AI system that monitors the "happiness" of patients based on facial expressions, whether the plates were eaten, and more.
The local data protection authority was kept in the dark.
This has always been one of my nightmares, and it came true:
A New Zealand medication charting platform used by numerous providers was hacked. But not only was it hacked, but the attackers also changed some patients' names to "Charlie Kirk," and changed other patients' records to "deceased."
There has been no report of any extortion attempt.
#MediMap started investigating on Sunday afternoon when problems were first reported.
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