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Six-month-old Galaxy S10 bug lets strangers bypass your fingerprint scan, Samsung admits

The Galaxy S10 should be free of bugs by this point, but Samsung has admitted that a pretty big one is still out there. According to the company, some third-party screen protectors could allow anyone to bypass your in-display fingerprint authentication. The bug was first reported by The Sun in the UK, who was tipped

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Forget fingerprints. These headphones can scan your ear canal for identification

Passwords kind of suck. Or, rather, people kind of suck at passwords. Even after the plethora of cyber-attacks people have witnessed in recent years, the most commonly used password in 2019 is “123456.” “Qwerty” and “password” follow in quick succession. In a time when our lives are more digitized than ever, when an account being breached

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Facebook’s facial recognition tech will no longer scan users’ photos by default

Facebook has announced it will no longer use facial recognition technology to offer tag suggestions in photos unless users opt in to the service. From this week, users who have the Face Recognition setting turned on will receive a notification every time someone uploads a photo of them, even if they aren’t tagged. They will

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Facebook now asks for consent to scan your photos (but only on new accounts)

Facebook today announced it’d be rolling out its facial recognition settings to everyone — and that and that it’d be turned off by default for new users. Anyone who doesn’t already have this setting will be able to notified and asked if they want to turn it on. The new Face Recognition setting will replace Tag

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Google Assistant is Almost Ready to Scan Your Face – Droid Life

When the Google Nest Hub Max arrives here shortly (maybe on September 9), it’ll be the first Google device to utilize the Face Match feature for Google Assistant. To prepare for that device’s arrival, Google Assistant is already offering up the opportunity for you to provide your face data to Google. Similar to Voice Match,

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Google tells Congress approved third-party apps can scan Gmail data

Bloomua / Shutterstock.com In a letter to members of the Senate Commerce Committee, Google acknowledged that it allows app developers to scan and compile details from Gmail messages, including details about purchases, travel, and which other people users interact with. Google says as long as apps clearly disclose this collection they are free to request

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Privacy Advocates Win – Google Will No Longer Scan Gmail for Ad Targeting

Pfpiovani / Pixabay Soon, Google will no longer scan Gmail accounts to serve targeted ads. The company announced the change at the end of June. The move is seen as a victory for privacy advocates. But maybe not such a victory for digital marketers. Here’s what you need to know about Google’s new policy and

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