The Privacy Implications of Facial Recognition Technology
According to How Facial Recognition Systems Work by by Kevin Bonsor and Ryan Johnson, facial recognition technology - in a nutshell - is based on the ability to recognize a…
Dragon Tattoo Girl Still Going Strong
In addition to the three Trilogy books, I also enjoyed the movie versions of each of these mysteries. The Swedish versions starred Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace…
SWIFT Pressured to Ban Iran Over Nuclear Ambitions
SWIFT is the financial equivalent of the United Nations. It facilitates the bulk of the world’s cross-border payments. The member-owned cooperative has been described as the ‘glue’ of the global…
Time to Protect Kid’s Privacy Online
COPPA, effective April 21, 2000, was passed before browser cookies and other tracking technologies were being used, and doesn't cover teens, who frequently use social networking sites like Facebook and…
Jim Crow Never Left
Jim Crow was not the name of an actual person. Rather, it was a stereotype; the name of a rigid racial caste system. But it was more than a series…
Collection Agency Picked On the Wrong Lou Correa
Collection agencies and their attorneys file hundreds of thousands of lawsuits every year in California, many of which are filed against debt-free individuals such as Senator Correa with no connection…
Remembering Vietnam
General William Westmoreland commanded the U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War (1964–68) during the Tet Offensive. Tet is the Vietnamese New Year. We on the ground knew that Westmoreland's…