A Chinese facial-recognition database with information on thousands of children was stored with no protection on the internet, a researcher discovered, raising questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in China
Information leak from facial-recognition database raises questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in ChinaA Chinese facial-recognition database with information on thousands of children was stored without protection on the internet, a researcher discovered, raising questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in China.
The cache was connected to a surveillance system labeled “Safe School Shield” and contained facial-identification and location data, according to Victor Gevers, a researcher at the Dutch nonprofit GDI Foundation, which scans the internet for vulnerabilities and flags them to owners for fixing.
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