Zimbabwe govt faces criticism over biometric surveillance project for new smart city
Zimbabwe is building New Harare, a smart city on the outskirts of Harare that will be the new seat of…
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.
Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test
Idemia correctly matched 99.88 percent of 12 million faces in the mugshot category of the latest 1:N test by the…
Face biometrics getting deeper into policing, sparking concerns
Those worried about the use of facial recognition by law enforcement have warned about how the technology could become entrenched…
US military says it can put facial recognition into robot drones
Whenever a radically new technology comes along, someone worries that it will be weaponized and, at least in the United…
Scottish advisory group urges specific and binding rules for biometrics and AI in policing
The foundation for Scottish police to use biometrics and other advanced technologies is in place, but not yet complete. This…
Air Canada launches face biometrics for passenger ID
Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline, has become the first airline in the country to offer customers facial recognition technology for…
Australia DoD looks to facial recognition to ID bodies in disaster response
The Australian Department of Defence is working on a project using artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition to identify the…
Activists decry Bangalore plan for facial recognition video surveillance
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an Indian civil society group working to protect internet liberties, is calling for an end…
Indian Railway Police Force Chief reports 96% accuracy in facial recognition system trial
The Director-General of the Railway Police Force (RPF), Sanjay Chander, has informed The Hindu in an interview that the Indian…
Facial recognition and authentication in retail: reduce waits, staff and maybe privacy
“Facial recognition technologies are the simplest way to dramatically reduce wait times,” writes the manager for biometrics at HID. While…
