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Google Biometrics News
Google CEO backs facial biometrics moratorium and calls for AI regulation
The EU’s proposed temporary moratorium on biometric facial recognition technology use is being supported by Alphabet and Google CEO Sunder…
| Jan 9, 2020 | Google tapping into Autofill biometric authentication for passwords, paymentsGoogle’s recently released Android 8.0 Oreo now supports Autofill API by letting third-party password managers insert in applications users’ passwords… |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Google advances speech recognition technology for people with Down syndromeThe Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) has partnered with Google’s Project Euphonia to train Google’s technology to make it more… |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Biometric privacy lawsuits make “judicial hellholes” and Facebook Supreme Court hearing top concernThe Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) of Illinois continues to make waves, with several cases winding their way through the… |
| Dec 17, 2019 | ForgeRock steps up Google partnership for identity and access management, wins Open Finance awardForgeRock is now part of the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program at the Premier level, building on a multi-year partnership… |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Samsung adds Android 10 support for Google’s Biometric API in S9 devicesSamsung has updated its iris scanner feature in some Galaxy S9 and Note9 devices, making it compatible with Google’s Biometric… |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Hearing on facial recognition threats pushed back as chair questions Apple, GoogleFriday, shortly after Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on National Security,… |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Biometrics stocks news: AMS reaches Osram deal, RealNetworks, FPC, Google-Fitbit and OneConnectAMS has emerged victorious from the bidding war over Osram, picking up 55 percent of the company’s shares with a… |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Biometrics stocks news: NEC and Zwipe gain, acquisitions, and a resilient scamFirst-half revenue for NEC was up 8.4 percent on a year-over-year basis to 1.449 billion yen (US$13.3 billion) on increased… |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Google and Samsung plan biometric software updates to address security issuesGoogle is planning a software update to the 3D facial recognition feature of the company’s new flagship Pixel 4 smartphone… |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Google Pixel 4 not for sale in India, facial recognition works with closed eyesGoogle’s Pixel 4 will not be available on the Indian market due to critical biometric components that operate on a… |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Google contractor accused of misleading subjects in biometric data collection projectGoogle’s new Pixel 4 will come with top notch facial recognition capabilities, yet the tech giant has encountered roadblocks in… |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Google adds massive image database to fight against deepfakesGoogle has partnered with Jigsaw to produce and deliver a massive database of visual deepfakes that is now part of… |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Google CEO suggests little new regulation needed for AIGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai has warned against reactionary or overly broad regulation of artificial intelligence, saying that existing rules may… |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Facial recognition solutions from SenseTime, Google, and others offered for diverse applicationsBiometric facial recognition is being deployed to a new group of devices, customers, and software solutions with use cases ranging… |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Facial recognition for travel and onboarding top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsStories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news… |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Google announces biometric authentication services on Android with FIDO2Google has rolled out biometric authentication for some services on Android devices leveraging FIDO2 standards, FIDO CTAP, and WebAuthn, according… |
| Jul 30, 2019 | Google Pixel 4 to feature 3D facial biometrics for unlocking, payment and appsThe forthcoming flagship smartphone from Google, the Pixel 4, will feature 3D biometric facial recognition unlocking, the company has announced…. |
| Jul 23, 2019 | Google street teams likely collecting facial recognition data for unlocking new Pixel 4Google representatives have been collecting facial biometric data from people in various cities, offering them $5 gift cards in return… |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Google responds to leak of audio data from AI assistant reviewerA language reviewer under contract to Google to analyze samples of voice data collected by its Google Assistant software has… |
Google Industry Insights
Google’s BIPA extraterritoriality dismissal provides key lessons
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Utilizing a successful extraterritoriality challenge, Google was recently able to…
| Biometrics will Challenge the Security and Privacy of Social Networking |
