A 2020 court fight in South Africa reveals dominance of biometric surveillance industry
A multi-part news investigation by the MIT Technology Review looking at private surveillance — which some call surveillance capitalism —…
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Chinese, U.S. researchers turn teeth-grinding into a biometric identifier
In a development that begs the question, when will stomach-growling be a biometric identifier, separate research studies from the United…
GAO says US military playing too loose with AI development management
In the U.S. government, it is the job of the Government Accountability Office to poke holes in bureaucrats’ spending plans,…
Irish debate on biometric surveillance intensifies
Legislation in Ireland aimed at setting standards for the use of surveillance by national police ignores biometric data collection, according…
TSA has big biometric ID management plans. Privacy, paranoia remain hurdles
Two decades after the U.S. Transportation Security Administration was formed to prevent people from bringing hazards aboard commercial jets, TSA…
2021 a good year for facial recognition at US ports
The U.S. government says it doubled the number of international travelers who were processed last year using facial recognition tools….
Turning that expression of frustration into code: A new human-machine interface
A coder has created a new computer interface that uses more-than-subtle facial expressions and used the software to complete an…
It’s fun. It’s trendy. It’s putting your iris biometrics on the market for free
The ACLU is warning that a TikTok trend tied to Euphoria, a controversial teen drama on cable TV is unsafe….
More automatic forensic biometric data sharing proposed for privacy-focused Europe
In another example of how sentiment about privacy is complex if not chaotic at the moment, European politicians are considering…
A UK regulator and former Chinese prisoner speak out on autocratic biometric surveillance
Days after the United Kingdom’s biometrics surveillance regulator asked a Chinese camera maker to publicly clarify its participation in the…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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