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Chinese authorities use ‘gait’ surveillance to identify people by their body shape and walk – 6 November 2018
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool called “gait recognition” software. It uses people’s body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras. China’s artificial intelligence and data-driven surveillance technology is raising concerns about how far the technology will go.
Corporate wrongdoers are let off the hook under Trump – 4 November 2018
In the final months of the Obama administration, US giant Walmart had to pay nearly $US1 billion and accept a guilty plea to resolve a foreign bribery investigation. Barclays, faced demands that it pay nearly $US7 billion to settle civil claims, and the Royal Bank of Scotland was under a criminal investigation. However under the Trump administration, softer rules applied and these US corporate giants are getting off with significantly minor penalties & charges.
Surveillance state: NSW intensifies citizen tracking – 4 November 2018
NSW police and crime agencies are preparing to use a new national facial recognition system, to rapidly match pictures of people captured on CCTV with their driver’s licence photo. Under new laws the federal and state governments will be able to access data and photos from passports, driver licences, and visas for a national facial recognition system called the “National Facial Biometric Matching Capability”.
ASIC seizes assets of an investment firm that has raised millions and is being sued for fraud in the US – 2 November 2018
ASIC has obtained a court order to freeze the assets of Goldsky Asset Management and its founder, Ken Grace.The regulator alleges that Grace operated an unlicensed financial services company which raised $16 million from over 50 investors. ASIC then alleged that investor funds were used for Grace’s personal use, “including substantial payments to family members and the purchase of personal items”.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/goldsky-asset-management-asic-court-order-freeze-assets-2018-11
