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Digital Planet: Shopee in Thailand – is it safe?

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13/12/2022 GMT

Shopee in Thailand – is it safe?

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Shopee in Thailand – is the platform safe to use?

Shopee in Thailand – is the platform safe to use?  Facial recognition plans dropped in Sao Paulo – for now, and 3D printed violins.

One of the biggest platforms in South East Asia, which is as popular as Google, YouTube and Facebook, has stopped bank transfer payments. Users have reported money missing from their accounts – the transactions should have been secured with a one-time passcode but according to social media they we processed without permission.  Shopee have now stopped customers from linking their accounts to the platform directly.  The company also denies they were hacked and that they had taken the decision to stop bank transfers last month.  It also says that the customers were probably victims of phishing scams. The BBC’s Tossapol Chaisamritpol has been covering the story and joins us from the Bangkok Bureau.  

Facial recognition plans dropped in Sao Paulo – for now
Plans for the controversial facial recognition surveillance system in Sao Paulo have been scrapped – at least for now.  Twenty thousand cameras, half of which had facial recognition capabilities, were to be erected across the city – making it one of the largest facial recognition rollouts in the world.  Much opposition from civil liberty groups – who claim that the system would allow the city authorities to track people’s activities on social media with the data they gathered through the cameras – has forced this announcement.  However, many people fear this may just be a postponement.  Angelica Mari explains more.

3D printed violins
Imagine printing a violin in library for just $7US?  That’s what Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Brown, the Director of Montreal-based AVIVA Young Artists Program, has managed to do.  The instrument at this cost is suitable for a young child to play, and full size instruments can be 3D printed but with industrial printers, not ones we have at home or in local libraries.  Dr. Brown is on the show to explain the technology behind the printing and why she is determined to make learning musical instruments much more accessible. 


The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Angelica Mari.

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