Edgeworx, Nvidia, BriefCam pitch value of edge biometrics and analytics during a pandemic
The COVID pandemic has resulted in a huge emphasis on implementing video surveillance, biometric facial recognition and other applications for…
Surveillance
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Hikvision claims to have phased out minority recognition in biometric surveillance software
Chinese company Hikvision has confirmed offering minority recognition software based on face biometrics at a given point, but says the…
Cities in China most watched by CCTV surveillance, new face biometrics systems for Moscow and Spain
There are 770 million public CCTV surveillance cameras in the world’s 150 largest cities by population, and 54 percent of…
Vsblty, Teralight the latest to target Smart Cities opportunity with biometric surveillance, analytics
Vsblty Groupe Technologies Corp., a provider of biometrics and other security and retail marketing technology, announced a partnership with Teralight Group,…
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…
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…
Biometrics oversight or toothless red tape? NYPD subject to new surveillance disclosure rules
Police use of biometric facial recognition and other surveillance technologies will have to go through new scrutiny, after New York…
Biometrics tech far, far ahead of public understanding—intelligence insider
In the same week that an analyst from a secretive government contractor warned that fear is informing debate about biometrics,…
U.S government asks for feedback on restricting biometrics exports to avoid human rights violations
The U.S. government is considering restricting the sale of face biometrics and other surveillance technologies to overseas customers in order…
U.S. Homeland Security fears mask use reduces public biometric surveillance effectiveness
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is concerned that COVID-19 measures recommending masks or making them mandatory in public spaces…
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