With the number of cameras drastically increasing in our world, facial recognition is rapidly taking flight. Facial recognition is a biometric faceprint, where artificial intelligence maps an individual's face mathematically. This faceprint is then stored in data. Later, the stored data can be compared with a live or digital image using deep learning to verify someone's … [Read more...] about Seen and Be Seen: How Facial Recognition Will Change Society
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The Death of Passwords in the Modern Age [Infographic]
The complex and unreadable strings that make up a valid password are impractical for ordinary people, and companies are looking for a cleaner way to protect their accounts. Although the password protection system in the computer network has been improved, people have not. When major security vulnerabilities hit big companies, the public will see what the most commonly used … [Read more...] about The Death of Passwords in the Modern Age [Infographic]
The 5P’s of a Self-Sovereign Identity
Increasingly, big data is invading consumers' lives. It affects consumers' privacy as the web has become such a centralised platform. When you have centralised organisations collecting so much consumer data and using it to offer personalised advertising to their users, it causes problems. As Jonathan Taplin discussed in his book Move Fast and Break Things, organisations that … [Read more...] about The 5P’s of a Self-Sovereign Identity
Why the Current Cambridge Analytica / Facebook Scandal Requires us to Rethink Social Media
It is an outrageous scandal that we should not accept. Even if your Facebook profile has not been obtained by Cambridge Analytica, we should not accept such a massive breach of privacy, and those responsible should be held accountable. Those valuing their privacy should think carefully about their usage of Facebook. For those unaware of Cambridge Analytica, it is a data mining … [Read more...] about Why the Current Cambridge Analytica / Facebook Scandal Requires us to Rethink Social Media
Digital Identity: 5 Trends & 12 Startups to Watch in 2017
Digital identity technology has become an important and hot topic nowadays. Moreover, it became one of the most significant technology trends. 2017 will see further consumerization of security, with high demand from users seeking to open doors, and log-in to cloud-based resources, as well as have personalized on-demand printing of documents, and other daily activities using … [Read more...] about Digital Identity: 5 Trends & 12 Startups to Watch in 2017
