That Panicked Call From Your Kid? 3 Seconds of TikTok Is All a Scammer Needs

Meta Slipped Face-Scanning Code Onto Your Phone — and Forgot to Mention It

Your phone may already be carrying code that can recognize human faces. You didn't install it on purpose. You didn't get a notice. And for months, the company that put it there didn't say a word. Acc Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/meta-slipped-face-scanning-code-onto-your-phone-and-forgot-to-mention-it

Your Boss Wants Your Fingerprint to Clock In. One Country Just Said No.

Picture this. You show up to work, press your finger to a scanner, and you're clocked in. You agreed to it when you started the job. You signed the form. And a privacy regulator just said — that agreement doesn't count. Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-boss-wants-your-fingerprint-to-clock-in-one-country-just-said-no

Your Face, Their Fake, No Crime: The Court Ruling That Should Terrify Every Parent

A court looked at fake explicit images of teenagers — and decided no crime had happened. The reason? The fakes weren't good enough. A South Korean judge ruled that because the manipulated photos were Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-face-their-fake-no-crime-the-court-ruling-that-should-terrify-every-parent

That Panicked Call From Your Kid? 3 Seconds of TikTok Is All a Scammer Needs

Three seconds. That's all someone needs of your kid's voice to clone it. Not three minutes. Not a recorded phone call. Three seconds — the length of a TikTok clip or a voicemail greeting — and a scammer can make your chil Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/that-panicked-call-from-your-kid-3-seconds-of-tiktok-is-all-a-scammer-needs

Your Boss Just Called for €220K. It Wasn't Him.

A man at a U.K. energy company picked up the phone and heard his boss's voice. Same German accent. Same rhythm. Same little melody when he spoke. So he did what his boss asked — he wired two hundred and twenty thousand eu Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-boss-just-called-for-220k-it-wasnt-him