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Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition

You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial recognition algorithms’ focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.… This…

Bye Tokens, Hello Patches

Do we really need to break text into tokens, or could we work directly with raw bytes? First, let’s think about how do LLMs currently handle text. They first chop it up into chunks called tokens using rules about common…

The best free VPNs of 2025: Expert tested

We tested the best free VPNs from reputable companies that offer solid services. Here’s what to know, how to avoid security risks, and what ZDNET’s recommendations are. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read…

Police Use of Face Recognition Continues to Wrack Up Real-World Harms

< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Police have shown, time and time again, that they cannot be trusted with face recognition technology (FRT). It is too dangerous, invasive, and in the hands of…

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2024 Q4 Security Researchers!

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2024 Q4 Security Researcher Leaderboard are…