US jails expand continuous biometric monitoring as data rules lag
A growing number of U.S. jails are moving beyond periodic checks of people in custody toward continuous physiological and video-based…
Wearable Technology
Smart wearable devices are becoming an increasingly popular form of identification using biometric measurements and are set to replace traditional password and chip and pin authentication methods while continuing to assist both the fitness and medical industries.
Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light
Meta has spent months defending its rapidly expanding line of AI glasses by pointing to a small white light. The…
Australia broadens privacy protections for digital ID with new strategy
An increased risk of data breaches and biometric surveillance have prompted Australia’s federal government to introduce a broad new digital…
Norway targets facial recognition in smart glasses as privacy concerns grow
Norway is moving to regulate smart glasses, including a possible ban on facial recognition, as the controversial technology seeks a…
Meta smart glasses patent reignites facial recognition debate
Meta’s latest smart glasses patent offers a glimpse of a future in which cameras do more than record what their…
Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement
Two Florida sheriff’s offices have purchased Meta smart glasse, but the public record provides sharply different accounts of why they…
Apple bets on privacy to distinguish smart glasses from Meta: report
Apple is betting that privacy protections can distinguish its smart glasses from Meta’s camera-equipped eyewear. According to Bloomberg, the company…
AI glasses reveal widening gap between Meta’s privacy safeguards and AI ambitions
Meta is expanding the anti-tampering safeguard built into its AI glasses after users found ways to conceal or destroy the…
From body cams to subdermals – what’s next for wearable biometrics?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Innovative technology becomes de rigueur quickly – for an example…
NIST seeks biometric sensor suite for public safety virtual reality research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking a biometric sensor suite to support virtual reality research into…
