Facial analysis still biased, press still confusing it with facial recognition
An assistant professor at the University of Maryland performed an audit of leading facial recognition services Government Technology claims, and…
Facial Recognition
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.
Star Alliance expects biometrics use by more member airlines; Idemia updates PreCheck enrollment
Star Alliance said it intends for at least 12 of its 26 airline members to deploy biometric solutions by 2025,…
PixLab launches face biometrics authentication framework for web applications
Machine vision company PixLab has launched its web-based facial authentication framework, FaceIO, which can be integrated on any website via…
Prominent facial recognition researcher scraped videos of trans people, left dataset exposed
New research finds that a controversial facial recognition dataset of trans people remained available online for years after the initial…
Idemia claims fairest facial verification among most accurate algorithms in latest NIST test
Idemia’s scores in the latest Face Recognition Vendor Test for one-to-one verification show near-identical false match rates between different demographic…
Days of facial recognition discussions uncover a tricky future for policymakers
The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine asked for a data dump on facial recognition, and for better…
Campaign groups demand new London police boss end facial recognition use on first day in job
Fourteen campaign groups including Big Brother Watch, Liberty and Black Lives Matter wrote an open letter to new London Metropolitan…
Canadian judge sends face biometrics use by govt in refugee claim to review
A judicial review of Canada’s use of facial recognition in evaluating immigration claims has been ordered by a federal judge…
Pakistan safe city project stalls with nearly 1K facial recognition cameras not functioning
Since it was rolled out in 2016, the Lahore safe city project in Punjab province has been facing major challenges,…
Rank One stands out in NIST test of image quality assessment for face biometrics
A benchmark of facial image quality assessment algorithms for preventing bad input from causing problems with face biometrics systems has…
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