eu-Lisa positive about EES despite three countries lagging behind deployment
Eu-Lisa has laid out its plans for 2026, promising to ensure the uninterrupted availability of the EU’s biometric border scheme,…
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FBI leverages NGI biometric database, advanced forensics in high-profile abduction
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has turned to a range of advanced forensic tools, including its Next Generation Identification…
Germany considers allowing face biometric web searches by police, watchdog critical
An expert report commissioned by AlgorithmWatch, a European digital rights organization, has pointed out the technical and legal issues with…
Trump administration accused of creating illegal citizenship database
A coalition led by the League of Women Voters filed a class action lawsuit this week in the U.S. District…
Elastic claims facial recognition searches 100X faster with vector database
The performance requirements for police facial recognition systems vary across use cases and jurisdictions. For a police force in an…
Biometric surveillance infrastructure grows as FBI, Leidos deepen partnership
In a move that reflects the accelerating convergence of biometric surveillance and national security infrastructure, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
ICE’s facial recognition app raises alarms over expansion of domestic surveillance
In early 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly expanded its biometric surveillance footprint with the deployment of a powerful…
Pimeyes’ new tool will be able to search billions of faces through videos
Face image search engine Pimeyes has stirred controversy over its ability to pinpoint exactly where exactly on the vast internet…
Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance
Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management…
Pakistan to harmonize govt databases for easier biometric verification, data security
Pakistan will implement a nationwide facial recognition system and also ensure the harmonization of all government databases to make sure…
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