privacy experts
Coverage of privacy experts in the Nexus archive.
- How the new U.S. visa rules affect your online privacy | Explained
Privacy experts criticize the U.S. government’s new social media vetting requirements for visa applicants, comparing the approach to an authoritarian regime. They note that while applicants can ignore the request, doing so risks their visa application, making it hard to claim privacy laws are violated.
- Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts
Meta's new AI image generator, Muse Image, allows generating photos using public Instagram profiles without notifying users, prompting warnings from privacy advocates to check privacy settings.
- Your next car could be watching your face
New EU regulations require driver-monitoring technology in cars to reduce traffic incidents, including systems like Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning (DDAW) and Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW). Similar U.S. requirements are under development, but privacy experts and advocates warn of risks like biometric surveillance, data sharing, and potential false positives from the technology.
- UK Social Media Ban for Minors Has Privacy Experts Worried
The UK will implement a ban on adolescents under 16 from user-to-user social-media platforms. Privacy experts and age-verification challenges are highlighted as key concerns.
- ICE is spending millions of dollars on iris scanners, expanding its arsenal of tech tools
ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology by deploying hundreds of scanning devices nationwide, raising privacy concerns about a growing biometric database.