Top biometrics news stories, week of August 17
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Boston spied, used facial recognition on concertgoers
Recent news reports claim that the City of Boston tested an IBM video mass surveillance system at the Boston Calling…
Explainer: Biometrics in Law Enforcement
Law enforcement is arguably the largest user of biometric technology and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) is the police’s most…
Facial recognition and biometric screening to be deployed at Australian airports
Australian Customs and Border Protection Services is rolling out facial recognition and biometric screening at the departure gates of all…
Department of Public Safety collecting fingerprints of Texans
The Department of Public Safety in Texas has been secretly gathering full sets of fingerprints from anyone applying for a…
Homeland Security Week 2014 announces presentation topics and speakers
Homeland Security Week 2014 announced the details of its upcoming conference and trade show, which is expected to feature over…
$500 billion spent on intelligence, according to U.S. “black budget”
The United States has spent more than US$500 billion on intelligence since 9/11, an outlay that U.S. officials say has…
Biometric Passports and Borders Essential to Saving Lives, Preventing Terrorist Activity
Australian Jahidi’s ISIS Participation Provides More Evidence that 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Biometric Passports and Borders Essential to Saving Lives,…
Biometric exit system spawns U.S. immigration debate
Many Americans think the U.S. immigration system is urgently in need of reform. A Gallup poll conducted in January 2013…
Multiple Firms to Provide Multimodal Biometrics for the US Navy
A handful of biometrics companies have been awarded with new contracts to provide multimodal biometrics solutions to the Space and…
