This AI security flaw might be impossible to fix

Smashing Security by Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault

Jun 3, 202657:50Technology

A website called "UK visa portal" has been quietly collecting passport scans, selfies, and personal data from thousands of travellers who thought they were applying through official channels. They weren't. And when a jou...

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