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xxx Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders. From Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported | TechCrunch This is admirable, of course.Continue reading “Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported | TechCrunch”

xxx The advancements made in social media analytics empower deciphering social media data to forecast impending life events… The ability to discern such events in advance can certainly help retail banks in targeting customers – current and future, with personalized products and offerings that are most relevant to them. From Banks need to swipe theirContinue reading “Banks need to swipe their ‘social media’ cards to pay up for Person…”

xxx The number of young people caught acting as “money mules” has doubled in the past four years, according to the UK’s fraud prevention service, Cifas From Number of young people acting as ‘money mules’ doubles – BBC News xxx

xxx The group in Shaoguan is accused of moving money illegally using 148 bank accounts opened in 20 provinces with stolen identity cards, according to Xinhua. From China Reports Breaking Up Gang That Moved $3 Billion Abroad – Bloomberg xxx

Identity fraud is absolutely out of control in the UK and there is, so far as I can see, no prospect of any form of infrastructure coming into place to deal with the problem. Whether we look at scammers going through Facebook to perpetrate dating fraud or going through LinkedIn to perpetrate invoice fraud orContinue reading “POST It’s going to get worse before it gets better”

xxx Less clear cut, however, are likely to be arguments over digital currencies issued by central banks. Like cash, which they could eventually replace — but unlike bitcoin — they would be backed by monetary authorities, so they would also act as a store of value as well as widely accepted means of payment. FromContinue reading “Central banks should embrace digital currencies, Axel Weber says”

xxx The financial revolution due to hit Britain in mid-January has had surprisingly little publicity and has little to do with the money-related things making news headlines over the last few years. In other words, it’s not a new technology, not even a cryptocurrency. Instead, this revolution is regulatory: banks will be required to openContinue reading “net.wars: Regulatory disruption”

xxx Police can’t force you to turn over your passcode, but they can, theoretically, force you to unlock the phone with your face. From Apple plans to share some iPhone X Face ID data. Uh oh. xxx

xxx On Friday, Estonia’s Police and Border Guard suspended an estimated 760,000 ID cards known to be affected by the crypto vulnerability. From Flaw crippling millions of crypto keys is worse than first disclosed | Ars Technica xxx xxx The country is now issuing cards that use elliptic curve cryptography instead of the vulnerable RSAContinue reading “Flaw crippling millions of crypto keys is worse than first disclosed | Ars Technica”

xxx Reporters found that, in Shanghai, some shops even ask consumers to apply for a membership card if consumers want to use cash, and others hang “no cash” signs on their doors, Laodong Daily reported Thursday. From Shanghai shops refusing cash are illegal: authority – Global Times xxx