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Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is a multinational technology company focusing in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Its easy-to-use Rekognition API allows you to automatically identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect any inappropriate content. Developers can quickly build a searchable content library to optimize media workflows, enrich recommendation engines by extracting text in images, or integrate secondary authentication into existing applications to enhance end-user security. With a wide variety of use cases, Amazon Rekognition enables you to easily add the benefits of computer vision to your business.
Amazon Biometrics News
Auto biometrics market projected for massive growth as industry players demo new technology
The global market for biometrics in automotive access applications, while still developing, will go through a massive growth period from…
| Dec 30, 2019 | Amazon files patent for touchless scanning system, Apple, Mad Systems patent biometric hailing/alert system, facial recognition locatorAmazon Go or Whole Foods shoppers may in the future be identified by their hands, according to a patent published… |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Veridium to offer multi-factor biometric authentication through AWS Partner NetworkVeridium has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN) as a Select Technology Partner to offer multi-factor biometric authentication to and… |
| Dec 12, 2019 | Amazon argues Alexa terms of service undercut biometric privacy claims as BIPA defenses consideredThe terms of service provided by Amazon for its voice assistant Alexa specify the company’s policies for use and storage… |
| Dec 12, 2019 | New capabilities to compliment voice biometrics announced by Sensory, AWS, LumenVoxSensory has announced support for multiple wake words among a set of new capabilities for its TrulyHandsfree offering, enabling custom… |
| Nov 28, 2019 | AWS introduces innovative features for Alexa, Amazon RekognitionAmazon Web Services has made Alexa Voice available on low-powered devices which previously did not have enough processing power to… |
| Nov 26, 2019 | ForgeRock extends support for AWS to ease identity federation across different environmentsForgeRock is now offering expanded support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance businesses’ control over AWS resource access, the… |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Amazon calls for federal regulation of facial recognition and national data protection law“Governments should work quickly to put in place a regulatory framework for facial recognition technology,” according to one of a… |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Amazon working on facial recognition regulation as groups write Congress to oppose bansIt makes a lot of sense to regulate biometric facial recognition technology, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who revealed… |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Finger vein recognition and government programs top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsLess common biometrics like finger vein and hand geometry recognition made more top headlines than usual this week, and governments… |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Amazon trialing biometric hand geometry payment, Ring may be developing facial recognitionRing Ukraine is developing facial recognition technology, although the Amazon-owned Ring does not currently use it, BuzzFeed News reports. The… |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Business and development opportunities top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsDuring a week of mostly good news for the biometrics industry, top stories on Biometric Update broadly follow themes of… |
| Aug 14, 2019 | ACLU calls out Amazon biometrics in fight to ban facial recognitionThe American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU) has used Amazon Rekognition facial recognition to match one in five… |
| Aug 13, 2019 | Amazon detects fear with biometric facial analysis as MoodMe partners with Texas A&MThe biometric face analysis capabilities of Amazon Rekognition have been upgraded with improved accuracy and functionality, including detection of fear,… |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Biometric card certification, auto applications and AI issues top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsSignificant progress was announced this week in several different areas of biometrics applications, and international issues related to identity and… |
| Jul 22, 2019 | Police facial recognition off in Orlando, on in Netherlands and considered in SwedenOrlando Police Department’s (OPD’s) trial of Amazon’s Rekognition facial biometric software has reached the end of its second phase and… |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Auraya launches voice biometric extension for Amazon ConnectVoice biometrics company Auraya has launched customer identity verification extension EVA for Amazon Connect to enable organizations to improve customer… |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Amazon hit by Illinois biometric data privacy suit for Alexa recordingsA new class action law suit has been filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act for recording the… |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Amazon patents “surveillance-as-a-service” as critics express concerns with Ring footage sharingAmazon has patented “Surveillance-as-a-Service” technology based on drones with photographic, video, infrared, thermal, night-vision, and audio capabilities, Smart Cities Dive… |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Subsidized Ring doorbell cameras could give police public surveillance networkPolice departments all around the U.S. are offering people free or discounted Ring doorbells, in some cases funded by taxpayers,… |
