Face recognition technology may sound futuristic, or perhaps too abstract to seem harmful. But we are already living in a reality in which face recognition and other forms of biometric surveillance ...

Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously helps you identify the person. This isn't a hypothetical ...

A Boston man had a strange encounter at a subway station. A month later, he discovered he was the star of the students’ viral video. By Kashmir Hill Kashmir Hill covers the intersection of privacy and ...