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Articles By Jim Nash

Jim Nash is a business journalist. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, Investors Business Daily, Robotics Business Review and other publications. You can find Jim on LinkedIn.

 

Can AI spot this emotion? It’s tagged deep concern

Maybe the best news to come out of interviews being done by Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford for her new book…

 

Chinese biometrics research a problem for U.S. journal and Oxford University

The Chinese government keeps making biometrics research more lucrative, but for Western companies, it could be that it is becoming…

 

Biometric spoof of Windows Hello not really resolved — researchers

It is still possible to fake out the face-biometric lock in Microsoft’s Windows 10 Hello authentication app. The so-called pass-the-PRT…

 

Affective biometrics: Too new, too inaccurate for police work, says think tank

Most people knowledgeable about face biometrics have at least some misgivings about how it is used. It is safe to…

 

China is not slowing its global surveillance industry march

A new examination of China’s biometric surveillance industry worldwide describes almost unbridled growth — growth that United States tech firms…

 

Canadian regulator finds biometric data privacy compliance gaps in Telus’ health app

Provincial government officials in Alberta, Canada say they have found significant privacy compliance gaps, some involving face biometrics – in…

 

‘Master faces’ make authentication ‘extremely vulnerable’ — researchers

Ever thought you were being gaslighted by industry claims that facial recognition on its own is trustworthy for authentication and…

 

Florida’s government is ready for digital ID. Are its populist residents?

Florida is piloting biometric digital driving licenses and IDs. Testing systems and operations, however, might be beside the point. Having…

 

Update of last year’s COPPA overhaul would include biometrics restrictions

An update to the U.S.’ well-known children’s online data privacy law has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. It…

 

Wearing your facial recognition system around your neck

In a naming development that calls to mind unfortunate tattoos, a Cornell University researcher says his big idea, NeckFace, can…

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