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Privacy Mode For Your Face? Zenni’s New Lenses Block Certain Face-Scan Tech Privacy Mode For Your Face? Zenni’s New Lenses Block Certain Face-Scan Tech
Privacy Mode For Your Face? Zenni’s New Lenses Block Certain Face-Scan Tech This is not science fiction. Zenni Optical just introduced a first-of-its-kind lens coating called Zenni ID Guard that promises to shield your personal information from prying eyes. The innovative technology acts like a digital privacy filter by disrupting face-scanning software and stopping unauthorized devices from capturing the biometric details on your face. Available now, the Zenni ID Guard lenses work by reflecting near-infrared light—the same light used in many facial-recognition systems. That means hidden cameras and scanners trying to lock onto your face are blocked before they can…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Police & Fire
FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ
FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ With one of three men wanted in a $4 million armed robbery in Manhattan’s Diamond District last month nabbed by the FBI in Florida, authorities continued searching for the ringleader, who they said may be hiding out in New Jersey or the Stamford area in Connecticut. Pedro Davila, a 27-year-old Bronx native with Harlem connections, was captured by surveillance cameras during the brazen noontime holdup on Aug. 25 at Avianne & Co. Jewelers on West 47th Street, authorities said. Davila, who was identified through facial recognition technology, was scheduled for an appearance in U.S. Distri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly
Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly Norwood police trying to identify a lost, confused woman who turned up in town used various identification and missing-persons databases – even facial recognition technology – and in the end got a quick return from Facebook. “There were more than 700,000 hits,” Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. “A woman in Nebraska saw it and contacted us.” The wayward 60-something woman, whom borough DPW workers found sitting on a Livingston Street bench earlier this week, is “completely non-verbal,” Krapels said. She’d been missing for six months, he said. The woman – whose identity was being withheld …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Norwood Police ID Lost, Confused Woman Norwood Police ID Lost, Confused Woman
Norwood Police ID Lost, Confused Woman Norwood police trying to identify a lost, confused woman who turned up in town used various identification and missing-persons databases – even facial recognition technology – and in the end got a quick return from Facebook. “There were more than 700,000 hits,” Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. “A woman in Nebraska saw it and contacted us.” The wayward 60-something woman, whom borough DPW workers found sitting on a Livingston Street bench earlier this week, is “completely non-verbal,” Krapels said. She’d been missing for six months, he said. The woman – whose identity was being withheld …

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by Cecilia Levine