‘Pandemic drone’ tests to monitor for Covid-19 infections ends quickly due to privacy concerns
Testing by Westport, Connecticut of a drone to collect biometric readings has been abruptly canceled due to outrage over perceived…
Articles By Anthony Kimery
Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
Lovo launches AI ‘voice-over’ platform that creates realistic human voices
Lovo, Inc., an AI voice-over platform developed by a team of AI and machine experts from the Univerity of California-Berkeley,…
Digital banking popularity in U.S. grows amid pandemic, but digital ID is a barrier
Digital banking has surged in popularity during the pandemic, especially as some users of digital banks reportedly have been among…
Facial recognition guide from VPN Compare presents incomplete picture
As the Electronic Frontier Foundation has said, facial recognition is “one of the most pervasive surveillance technologies” across the globe….
USCIS allows biometrics JETS workers to ‘telework’ under hurried contract
Under the Office Of Management And Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell T. Vought’s March 15 memo, Updated Guidance for the…
How Covid-19 is affecting the digital signature industry
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the globe, forcing governments to implement strict quarantining and shelter-in-place requirements, these same…
HackerOne divorces itself from Voatz following months of disputes with researchers
For the first time since HackerOne – a bug-bounty-hosting platform which employs “ethical hackers” to find and fix exploitable vulnerabilities…
Fully-Verified successfully raises financing round for its biometric identity solutions
Fully-Verified, a Tallinn, Estonia-based company that provides biometric identity verification, said it raised “capital to further grow [its] business and…
DHS proposes new enterprise biometric administrative records system
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued notice of a new system of records called DHS/ALL–043 Enterprise Biometric Administrative…
California AG proposes another draft of modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Attorney General (AG) has proposed yet another round of modifications to earlier proposed regulations under Chapter 20 of…
