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Tracking the Trackers: For Better or Worse

SecureWorld News

I’ve been inventing devices that track these trackers for decades, mostly in an effort to assist law enforcement from becoming the victims of tracking themselves, and here is what I have learned. In the meantime, both law enforcement and criminals have not sat idly by, waiting for lawmakers to catch up.

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Seattle-area police use adhesive GPS trackers to catch fleeing suspects, prevent high-speed chases

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Jay Inlee from law enforcement and the insurance and auto industries. The department plans to share its findings about how well StarChase works with that panel and law enforcement groups, with an eye to “provide input and recommendations to state legislators and the Governor’s Office.” Alicia Rule (D-Blaine) and Rep.

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Texas is suing Meta over Facebook facial recognition

The Verge

The lawsuit, filed today in state district court , claims Meta’s Facebook photo tagging system violated the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act. Texas is one of a few states — alongside Illinois and Washington — with a biometric privacy law. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Facebook is shutting down its Face Recognition tagging program

The Verge

As part of it, the company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos, and it will delete the facial recognition templates that it uses for identification. State or national privacy laws would be needed to restrict the technology’s use more broadly.

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For Whom the Dell Tolls: Data Breach Affects 49 Million Customers

SecureWorld News

Upon identifying the incident, we promptly implemented our incident response procedures, began investigating, took steps to contain the incident and notified law enforcement. Dell has stated it is working closely with law enforcement and cybersecurity firms as the investigation continues. What is Dell doing?

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Tile’s new ‘Scan & Secure’ feature will let you use its app to find unwanted tracking tags

The Verge

Tile has announced that it’s rolling out its new “Scan & Secure” feature in its app this week, allowing anyone with the Tile app to run a scan to see if there are any unwanted Tile tags or trackers near you that shouldn’t be there. Apple offers a similar app for Android, which lets users scan for similarly malicious AirTag trackers, too.

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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

GeekWire

Runners up: The four other finalists were Violett , developing virus-killing air filters; PetHub , which makes electronic tags for pets; Curie , making 2D photos into 3D models for online retailers; and EarthUP , which has created software for companies to improve environmental sustainability. The pair co-founded BrainSpace this January.