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Fake AI videos of political figures are showing up in normal social feeds — not as scams, but as engagement bait. The goal isn't to trick you. It's to get you to share before you think.
You've scanned your face, uploaded your passport, and answered security questions — again. A new study explains why you keep doing it. Spoiler: your phone is fine. The institutions aren't.
Your bank may soon recognize fraud not by your password, but by the way your thumb moves across the screen. Here's why that shift is happening — and what it means for you.
Passkeys are replacing passwords at checkout, and AI is starting to do the buying. The real question isn't whether your phone can verify you — it's whether anyone checked if you actually meant to buy that.
A Québec privacy ruling just drew a line in the sand for retail facial recognition — and the question it leaves behind affects every shopper in North America. Should a store have to ask before scanning your face?
A reported $6.7 billion market-cap wipeout tied to Roblox's age verification rollout is a warning flare for every family. Here's what you should ask before handing over your ID.
A cold case. A computer match. Eleven months in jail. The Phoenix facial recognition false arrest isn't a tech failure — it's what happens when humans stop doing their jobs and let an algorithm do it for them.
A college student in Bengaluru alleged her private photos were leaked and AI deepfake threats followed. This isn't a tech story — it's a warning about how one real image can become a weapon, and what to do in the first 10 minutes.
Texas just got a porn site's domain frozen for ignoring age-verification rules. It's the first real enforcement action — and the ripple effects go way beyond adult content. Here's what it means for you.
Singapore just removed the password from its national digital ID system — and the story of why reveals the single weakest link in every login you use. Your intelligence isn't the problem. Your exhaustion is.
A Texas law could require every phone user to prove their age before downloading any app. One court case is about to decide whether that becomes normal everywhere.
Six major UK banks are building a shared digital ID system that could let you prove who you are once and reuse that proof everywhere. Sounds convenient — but there are real questions you should ask before you hand over the keys to your identity.
