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Identifying Opportunities For Online Commerce And Digital IDs

Identifying Opportunities For Online Commerce And Digital IDs
Identifying Opportunities For Online Commerce And Digital IDs
November 11, 2019  |  Today In Data

For online merchants, knowing that the person on the other side of the transaction is who they say there are is of critical importance. Synthetic ID...

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Biometrics Innovation Tests Consumer Privacy Sentiment
Biometrics Innovation Tests Consumer Privacy Sentiment
November 08, 2019  |  Biometrics

Biometrics isn’t as sci-fi as it once was. Thanks to smartphones equipped with facial and fingerprint recognition for security, many consumers now have up close...

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Systems Wrestle With Ethics
Deep Dive: Digital ID Systems Wrestle With Ethics
November 07, 2019  |  Authentication

Digital identities are flexibly changing forms as they gain ubiquity. Consumers around the world log in to eBay with their Facebook profiles, purchase lunches with...

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Facebook To Enhance Encryption On Messenger Despite Regulators’ Protests
Facebook To Enhance Encryption On Messenger Despite Regulators’ Protests
November 06, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook said it is going to enhance encryption capabilities on its Messenger communication platform, despite requests from lawmakers and regulators not to do so because...

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Court Filings Show Facebook’s Data Policy Was About Competition, Not Privacy
Court Filings Show Facebook’s Data Policy Was About Competition, Not Privacy
November 06, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook’s 2012 policy changes that denied app developers access to user data was actually about stifling competition, not protecting user privacy, according to documents reviewed...

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India Demands Details Of WhatsApp Cyberattack
India Demands Details Of WhatsApp Cyberattack
October 31, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

India’s Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is asking the Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp for the details of the hack that compromised the smartphones of journalists,...

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Mastercard Launches Initiative To Foster Data Security Among Businesses
Mastercard Launches Initiative To Foster Data Security Among Businesses
October 24, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard is introducing a Data Responsibility Imperative to spark a conversation with other companies about data security, Mastercard said in a press release on Oct....

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Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
October 16, 2019  |  Regulation

The CEO of Foursquare, a location data company, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times Wednesday (Oct. 16), saying, “It’s time for Congress...

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The Slow, Controversial Global March Of Face ID Tech
The Slow, Controversial Global March Of Face ID Tech
October 11, 2019  |  Biometrics

Earlier this month, New Delhi’s airport became the nation’s fourth to test a new use case for facial recognition technology: A system that will allow...

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