Just one day after Apple confirmed that it plans to roll out new software that will detect child abuse imagery on iPhones, WhatsApp's head took to Twitter to call out the move as a "surveillance system" that could be abused.
The photos on your iPhone will no longer be private to just you in the fall. The photos are still yours, but Apple’s artificial intelligence is going to be looking through them constantly.
Following a report earlier today, Apple has published a full post that details how it plans to introduce child safety features across three areas: in new tools available to parents, through scanning iPhone and iCloud photos, and in updates to Siri and Search.
Apple is reportedly planning to scan photos that are stored both on iPhones and in its iCloud service for child abuse imagery, which could help law enforcement but also may result in increased government demands for access to user data.
Sony has published a new showcase of how its IMX500 sensors -- backed by artificial intelligence (AI) processing -- are at the core of three "smart city" trials currently being run in Rome, Italy.
A new mother in the UK has started a public campaign to outlaw nonconsensual breastfeeding photos in public places after she says she was photographed by a "creepy" man while nursing her baby.
This may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but Canon has rolled out new AI cameras that use "smile recognition" technology to ensure that only happy employees are allowed into its offices.
A woman in Seattle, Washington, is facing criticism after sharing a video on TikTok in which she confronts an older man who was photographing her on a public outdoor path.
Norwegian-based FotoWare -- known for its digital asset management (DAM) software -- has launched a new Image Consent Management feature for browsers and mobile apps that can record usage rights and consent at the time of the image capture.
Facebook and Instagram have been vocally against any attempts to curtail its apps from tracking users, but with the launch of iOS 14.5, the company has taken that up a notch by subtly threatening to charge its users for access to its networks if they choose to turn app tracking off.
A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) and the Cryptography and Privacy Engineer Group (ENCRYPTO) discovered that it is possible for an attacker to learn the phone numbers and email addresses of AirDrop users even if they are complete strangers to the target.
The Silhouette Challenge (#silhouettechallenge) is a trend that has been going viral on TikTok as of late that involves dancing provocatively as a silhouette while the details of your body are mostly obscured by a red filter. But beware: creeps are using software and editing techniques to remove that red filter, meaning your trendy video may reveal much more than you intended it to and leave you exposed.
In an effort to put more control back into the hands of Instagram users, the company is rolling out the "Recently Deleted" feature. Instagram says this addition was made to mainly to deal with hackers who will sometimes delete content after gaining access to an account.
Google Street View cameras have now captured over 170 billion photos from 10 million miles around the globe. But if you're not comfortable with the fact that anyone can "visit" your home digitally, did you know you can request to have it blurred from public view?
If you've upgraded your iPhone to iOS 14 already, you may have noticed a little green dot at the top of your screen when using certain apps. It's a new security feature Apple came up with to help you have peace of mind about your camera privacy.
A team of researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm that makes tiny, imperceptible edits to your images in order to mask you from facial recognition technology. Their invention is called Fawkes, and anybody can use it on their own images for free.
If you're super conscious about protecting your privacy, one thing you can do is cover up the camera on your laptop when it's not being used -- there are even commercial covers you can buy for this purpose. But beware: Apple is now warning that using a camera cover could permanently damage your MacBook display.
PimEyes is a Polish search engine that's raising some eyebrows over its privacy implications. Powered by facial recognition technology, the service takes any portrait of a person and finds other photos of that person on the Web.
A security researcher is being rewarded handsomely after he discovered a massive iOS and MacOS camera flaw that would allow bad actors to hijack the camera and microphone in any iPhone or Mac computer, and use it to spy on you.
A Reddit user running the Mac application Little Snitch 4 discovered that Skylum's Luminar photo editor is "calling home" to Facebook while the app is in use, allegedly for "analytics purposes."