Judges decide cops can’t use black-box biometrics systems in criminal case
In an enforceable blow for transparency in facial recognition, an appeals court in the U.S. state of New Jersey has…
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Google Photos now suggesting names when no face visible
It may not exactly be back-of-the-head recognition, or male-pattern-baldness biometrics, but Google Photos appears to have developed a way to…
Facial recognition used to identify victims of deadly train accident in India
Railway authorities have used facial recognition technology to determine the identity of at least 50 dead bodies from the recent…
Kuwait opens more fingerprint capture centers as database plans progress
More than 100,000 persons are said to have had their fingerprints scanned since Kuwait began a process to identify everyone…
NADRA adds iris to automated biometric identification platform with Iris ID
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced iris biometrics as the third ID verification option on its Automated…
Indian police to share fingerprint data, more biometrics introduced in prisons
Indian law enforcement agencies will be able to access and share biometric fingerprint data with the country’s National Automated Fingerprint…
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system ‘by 2025’
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system by 2025 according to statements from two of…
Moscow Metro biometric payment system hits 320,000 users amid surveillance fears
The Moscow Metro biometric payment system Face Pay has reached 320,000 users and is expecting to increase that number to…
MOSIP adds more authentication providers to its compliance list
Two biometric authentication providers have attained compliance status with MOSIP (Modular Open Source Identity Platform), deepening the foundational ID system’s…
Facial recognition shows up in public housing, small cities
The race to make biometric surveillance commonplace is only getting faster, with systems going up in public housing and municipalities…
