Showing posts with label biometric data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biometric data. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret; University of Virginia School of Law, March 23, 2023

Mary Wood, University of Virginia School of Law; Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret

"Facial recognition technology is used to unlock phones, unlock doors of luxury homes and lock up criminals. It’s so powerful and rife with the potential to be misused that regulators should treat faces like trade secrets, says Professor Elizabeth A. Rowe on the season finale of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Rowe, one of the world’s leading experts on trade secrets and intellectual property, talks with hosts Dean Risa Goluboff and Professor Danielle Citron about her paper “Regulating Facial Recognition Technology in the Private Sector,” published recently in the Stanford Technology Law Review.

Rowe details not only how private corporations and governments are using facial recognition technology, but offers a glimpse at more extreme cases."

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Apple has invented a way to secretly call 911 using your fingerprint; CNBC, July 18, 2017

, CNBC; Apple has invented a way to secretly call 911 using your fingerprint

"Apple  has invented a more discreet way to call emergency services with a touch, aimed at helping users evade potential attackers.

A patent granted on Tuesday depicted technology that would sense the "manner" in which a finger touched the iPhone screen to trigger a 911 call. For example, the phone might look for a particular sequence of fingers, the level of force, a gesture (pinching or swiping), or a certain cadence of taps to the screen, the filing says.

When the "panic command" is activated, the phone would provide the users' location to responders, and could also livestream audio or video from the iPhone. The system could also be used to activate other types of mobile command, according to the patent."