Announcement by Eva Galperin: “Back in December of 2010, Facebook debuted its tag suggestion feature, which works by using facial recognition technology to examine photos in which youve already been tagged, and then creating what Facebook calls your photo summary or photo comparison information, or what well call your facial fingerprint. Using this information, FB suggests your name to your friends when they upload a photo of you, and invites them to tag you in that photo. Over the last few months, Facebook has been slowly rolling this feature out to all of its users, which caught the attention of security firm Sophos, The New York Times, and the European Union, which has launched a probe to investigate the new feature.”
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Daily Archives: June 10, 2011
New GAO Reports: Veterans' Reemployment Rights, Air Quality, Defense Acquisition
Veterans’ Reemployment Rights: Steps Needed to Ensure Reliability of DOL and Special Counsel Demonstration Project’s Performance Information, GAO-11-312R, June 10, 2011 Air Quality: Information on Tall Smokestacks and Their Contribution to Interstate Transport of Air Pollution, GAO-11-473, May 11, 2011 Defense Acquisition: DOD Should Clarify Requirements for Assessing and Documenting Technical-Data Needs, GAO-11-469, May 11,… Continue Reading
GAO – U.S. Public Debt: 1797-2010
Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions – “The federal government has carried debt throughout virtually all of U.S. history. As part of Alexander Hamilton’s plan for strengthening the financial credit of the post-Constitution nation, the federal government assumed the debt incurred during the Revolutionary War and the period under the Articles of Confederation. Since… Continue Reading
EPIC, ACLU, EFF, and Others Urge Homeland Security to Stop Creation of National Identity System
“EPIC and a coalition of privacy, consumer rights, and civil rights organizations filed a statement to the Department of Homeland Security in opposition to the proposed expansion of the employment verification system, “E-Verify.” The agency announced plans to incorporate state driver license records that could significantly expand the use of the Homeland Security database. The… Continue Reading
Audit of NRCs Oversight of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Safety
Audit of NRCs Oversight of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Safety, OIG-11-A-12 May 19, 2011 “The nuclear industry is expecting that by 2025 all commercial nuclear power plants in the United States will have operational ISFSIs at their sites. Currently, there are 104 operating nuclear reactors in the United States. This unprecedented growth in operational… Continue Reading
USGS Study Finds Recent Snowpack Declines in the Rocky Mountains Unusual Compared to Past Few Centuries
Follow up to previous postings on climate change, there is news that “A USGS study released today suggests that snowpack declines in the Rocky Mountains over the last 30 years are unusual compared to the past few centuries. Prior studies by the USGS and other institutions attribute the decline to unusual springtime warming, more precipitation… Continue Reading
