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Chinese biometric surveillance camera vendors in West take cases to the media and courts

To date, the reaction in China to mounting government actions toward its biometric surveillance industry has been comparatively muted. Here…

Jan 9, 2023

Malta deep-sixes safe city facial recognition project after Huawei contract expires

Malta appears to have changed course on a plan to launch a CCTV network with facial recognition through a contract…

Dec 9, 2022

Invisibility cloak hides wearer from biometric cameras and exposes security loopholes

Move over, Harry Potter: students at Wuhan University in China have won an award for developing a virtual invisibility cloak,…

Oct 3, 2022

Serbia lobbying Western support to carry on with smart city biometrics project amid criticism

Serbian officials are reportedly negotiating financial and technical support for U.S. and Swedish smart city tech, drawing criticism from citizens…

Sep 13, 2022

Pakistan safe city project stalls with nearly 1K facial recognition cameras not functioning

Since it was rolled out in 2016, the Lahore safe city project in Punjab province has been facing major challenges,…

Aug 18, 2022

Qatar equips 15,000 cameras with facial recognition for soccer World Cup 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be held at 8 stadiums and watched by millions of fans, along with…

Jan 3, 2022

Facial recognition vendor Huawei digs deeper into strategic Serbia

Huawei‘s methodical investment, and alleged bribery, in Serbia continues to pay dividends. The strategic and historically restive east European nation…

Dec 15, 2021

Biometric mass surveillance pitched in alleged Huawei company materials

Huawei’s involvement in tracking Chinese citizens has come under renewed scrutiny regarding the use of biometric identification systems. The Washington…

Aug 16, 2021

Huawei smart city projects meet facial recognition block, lawsuit from partner

The implementation of a smart city project in Serbia which includes the installation of surveillance cameras from Huawei with facial…

Aug 6, 2021

China is not slowing its global surveillance industry march

A new examination of China’s biometric surveillance industry worldwide describes almost unbridled growth — growth that United States tech firms…

Jun 9, 2021

Acuant wins crypto selfie biometrics customer as financial service providers address market gaps

Acuant headlines a group of selfie biometrics and regulatory compliance providers announcing customer wins, which also includes Visa, Basis ID,…

Jun 7, 2021

Chinese facial recognition deployments in India, Europe prompt warnings

Chinese-made surveillance projects including biometrics have accelerated in India in recent years, which were developed in the aftermath of terror…

Mar 15, 2021

Police facial recognition use in Belarus, Greece, Myanmar raises rights, data privacy concerns

Facial recognition software developed by Belarusian software design company LLC Synesis and implemented by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs,…

Mar 15, 2021

In-display fingerprint biometrics rumored for Apple, implemented by Goodix as patent lawsuit filed

A new report shared by Barclays analysts with MacRumors seems to confirm previous rumors hinting at under-display fingerprint biometrics on…

Mar 15, 2021

New White House, same beef with China telecom and biometrics powerhouses

The Biden administration has reinforced a position held by its predecessor that products made by five Chinese telecom, surveillance and…

Jan 14, 2021

Huawei, Megvii, SenseTime patents describing biometric ethnicity detection, tracking revealed

Huawei and other China-based firms have attempted to protect technologies related to their ethnicity-tracking biometrics with patents, IPVM has discovered. The tech…

Jan 7, 2021

Preciate plans biometric retail payments expansion after pandemic delay

From the ambitions of a startup based in Israel to a partnership for smartphone-based biometric payments in Russia, retail payment…

Dec 18, 2020

Facial recognition CCTV system goes live in Myanmar, prepared in India

A total of 335 cameras with face recognition capabilities went live last week in the Myanmar capital of Naypyitaw, Myanmar…

Dec 9, 2020

Huawei accused of using ethnicity-based biometrics to develop alert for Chinese authorities

In a development that might finally get U.S. biometrics firms to walk the corporate-responsibility talk when it comes to how…

Dec 7, 2020

Malaysian partners roll out 5G biometric workforce management systems

Malaysian telecom U Mobile and Hotayi Electronic (M) Sdn Bhd, a Malaysia- based electronics manufacturer, have co-created two 5G-enabled systems…

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