Skeptics of World Bank’s ID4D want more transparency and harm reduction for digital IDs
Dozens of civil society organizations and individual human rights advocates say digital ID programs “regularly” erode human rights. Signatories to…
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US moves ahead with long-distance biometric ID seemingly without competition
The world’s most public military program to develop whole-body biometric surveillance at a distance outdoors continues. U.S. military, national security…
Sri Lanka outpaces many in its digital identity and birth registration programs
Off the southern tip of India, the island nation of Sri Lanka is making birth certificates digital ID documents. At…
A BIPA motion loss for Clearview as Walmart faces complaint over alleged use
Say what you will about face-scraper Clearview AI, its owners have courtroom stamina as a defendant. The facial recognition subscription…
Tale of two nations building out their biometric surveillance capabilities – the US and China
The governments of China and the United States are using similar strategies to train their facial recognition systems. They are…
US views AI chips as industrial security and a treasure not to be shared freely
Thirty years after microchips were diminished to commodities, they are strategic again for the United States. Washington is embargoing (something…
What is the FRVT?
The Face Recognition Vendor Test is an ongoing program funded by the United States. It judges the many face biometrics…
Blurring a face on YouTube can violate BIPA – new lawsuit
A new biometric privacy lawsuit against Google argues that its venerable video-sharing platform YouTube stores images of people’s faces even…
There’s money in delivery vehicle biometric systems; not all drivers OK with surveillance
Some professional drivers are reacting with dismay to employers who, unable to physically watch their workers from every passenger seat,…
New age-appropriate site design code awaits signature of California governor
Following in the footsteps of UK legislators, pols in the U.S. state of California have unanimously approved a bill that…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection