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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has prohibited its employees from wearing Meta's smart glasses amid privacy concerns. In a memo, ICE acting director David Venturella said that the glasses could "unintentionally capture, record, or transmit sensitive information," compromising privacy and legal protections. The ban applies to all employees, not just law enforcement officials, and is part of a broader trend as organizations increasingly restrict the use of such devices. New York has already banned Meta glasses in court buildings to prevent surreptitious recording. Privacy advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, have raised alarms about potential facial recognition features, emphasizing that "facial recognition technology built into inconspicuous consumer eyewear represents a serious threat to privacy and civil liberties." Meta has not commented on the ban.
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The French government has apologised and announced emergency cybersecurity measures after a major attack compromised tax information belonging to individuals and businesses, as well as land registry data, exposing weaknesses in aging state IT systems. The Finance Ministry plans to introduce two-factor authentication for all tax administration staff by year-end, strengthen access controls, overhaul threat detection, expand cybersecurity training and phishing awareness, increase bug bounty programmes, and deploy AI tools to identify vulnerabilities and recommend fixes. An audit of the attack and France’s cybersecurity standards is due to be published in September. The response has faced criticism from opposition politicians and public-sector unions, which have called for greater investment and scrutiny of the government’s handling of the incident. The controversy intensified after officials disclosed a third breach involving inheritance-related data, although it is considered less serious than the earlier attacks.
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