How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but ...

Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
The New York Times

Flying Abroad? Get Ready for a Biometric ‘Corridor.’

New facial-recognition tools being tested at Orlando International Airport could soon be keeping track of travelers at departure gates across the country. By Christine Chung Reporting from Orlando, ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
GitHub

Touchdesigner OpenCV3 C++ TOP for FaceDetect

This plugin adds the OpenCV FaceDetect functionality to TD via Custom Operators. Though OpenCV has already been integrated into TD, it's done via Python, which is not terribly convenient when you have ...
Android Authority

The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1's source code is now available on AOSP

The source code for Android 16 QPR1 is now available on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) after a weeks-long delay. This release gives developers access to the code for new features like Material ...
9to5Mac

Apple accidentally leaks new web App Store front-end source code, ends up on GitHub [U: Removed]

Update, November 8, 9:46 a.m. ET: The GitHub repository and its forks have been taken down. The original story follows below. Just hours after Apple launched a revamped web interface for the App Store ...
Bleeping Computer

F5 says hackers stole undisclosed BIG-IP flaws, source code

U.S. cybersecurity company F5 disclosed that nation-state hackers breached its systems and stole undisclosed BIG-IP security vulnerabilities and source code. The company states that it first became ...
Wired

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Autumn Gardiner thought updating her driving license would be straightforward. After getting married last year, she headed to the local Department of Motor Vehicles office in Connecticut to get her ...
CSOonline

Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks

IT and security leaders should install latest patches from the application delivery and security vendor after suspected nation-state hack. CSOs with equipment from F5 Networks in their environment ...
The Conversation

How safe is your face? The pros and cons of having facial recognition everywhere

Joanne Orlando receives funding from NSW Department of Education and previously from office of eSafety Commissioner. Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social ...