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News
Thursday, 04 August 2022 12:42
Encryption algorithms too easy to beat
Just attack the math
Encryption algorithms which were supposed to see off quantum computing are turning out to be pants.
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AI
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 11:34
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses a rigged algorithm
Computer tells officers to lock everyone up
A lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union and Bronx Defenders alleges that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses a rigged algorithm to detain virtually everyone ICEs New York Field Office brings in, even when the government itself believes they present a minimal threat to public safety.
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News
Monday, 19 December 2016 13:31
UK Labour Party moans about tech company algorithms
Wants them all monitored
The UK Labour Party, which is currently dragging itself kicking and screaming to the 1970s, is having an ill-informed rant about tech companies who use things called algorithms.