A new government ID tool — comedy. Researchers have a laughter biometric recognition algorithm
Now it is your laughter that can give you away. A Nigerian research team say they have been able to…
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Deepfakes: Some progress in video detection, but it’s back to the basics for faked audio
A pair of developments are being reported in efforts to thwart deepfake video and audio scams. Unfortunately, in the case…
Facial expression recognition’s bias problem is glaring
No doubt having watched the attention being paid to racial bias in biometric facial recognition, a group of researchers looked…
Prototype handheld biometric face scanner unveiled by U.S. Army Star Wars ‘nerds’
A small but growing unit within the U.S. Defense Department has created a portable and networked prototype biometrics application to…
The Terminator? It’s more like a modem with anger issues at this point
For all the legitimate fears that the U.S. government’s AI work is creating an uncontrollable djinn, the technology is still…
Letter to Pelosi: Cut facial recognition spending from appropriation bills
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives seem to be making biometric surveillance a fortified position for the November general…
Most secrecy about biometric surveillance of Covid-19 is harmful
Warnings about how biometric surveillance tools are being used to suppress transmission of Covid-19 continue to mount. A recent paper…
Stop waiting for society to wake up on biometrics. Here’s a plan to build trust
A new research paper finds that the capabilities of facial recognition and other biometric systems have vastly outpaced how the…
Congress pushes back on White House stonewalling about biometric spying on protesters
The White House and House of Representatives are digging in for a lengthy fight over the legitimacy of digital surveillance…
Aussies look into TikTok, Weibo and WeChat over data privacy concerns
The Australian federal government is expected to investigate Chinese social media platforms including TikTok, Weibo and WeChat, looking for evidence…
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