This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work

Deveillance also claims the Specter can find nearby microphones by detecting radio frequencies (RF), but critics say finding a microphone via RF emissions is not effective unless the sensor is immediately beside it. “If you could detect and recognize components via RF the way Specter claims to, it would literally be transformative to technology,” Jordan … Read more

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

The face-recognition app Mobile Fortify, now used by United States immigration agents in towns and cities across the US, is not designed to reliably identify people in the streets and was deployed without the scrutiny that has historically governed the rollout of technologies that impact people’s privacy, according to records reviewed by WIRED. The Department … Read more