FTC: Companies should limit facial recognition in some cases

Computerworld Security: October 23, 2012
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FTC: Companies should limit facial recognition in some cases

Web companies using facial recognition technology should avoid identifying
anonymous images of consumers to someone who could not otherwise identify them,
unless the companies have the consumers' consent, a U.S. Federal Trade
Commission report said.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scams
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2. High court nixes appeal of AT&T, NSA wiretap Case
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Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scams

Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S.
government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for
work-at-home scams.
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High court nixes appeal of AT&T, NSA wiretap Case

The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal of a lower-court court decision
upholding legal immunity for telecom companies that allegedly participated in an
NSA surveillance program during the last decade.
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