Author: Ng Chong
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Deep Learning AI Improves Facial Movement Tracking
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A growing area of research in mobile data collection is the real-time tracking and communication of facial movements. While this presents another opportunity for human progress through data, it also raises technological challenges and serious privacy concerns. Research in this area has faced a variety of barriers. Potential solutions have been too physically cumbersome, too…
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Use Retraction Watch to Keep Tabs on Bogus “Hijacked” Journals
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As a research institution, we know the value of credible, peer- reviewed journals. To cite and be cited is the lifeblood of modern academic discourse. But how do you know if a journal is what it purports to be? As reported recently in Nature, the project Retraction Watch, can allow researchers to find out before they submit if a…
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A New Approach to Defeating Audio Capture Transcription
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In a previous message, we discussed the revelation that various videoconferencing apps were continuing to collect audio data even when microphones were muted, against the expectations of most users. Taking concerns further, if you wish to guard against an unknown microphone surreptitiously listening in on your conversations, what can be done to make sure the recorded…
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Muting in Virtual Meetings May Not Guarantee Privacy
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It is not unreasonable to assume that when you mute yourself in a virtual meeting, your microphone will no longer be accessed by the meeting application. However, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that in all cases, videoconferencing apps do not give up access to the microphone and collect some data.…