Biometrics work too well with face masks for criminals to hide; or for anonymity
Since the beginning of the pandemic, an increasing number of face biometrics developers have stepped up their efforts to improve…
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NIST’s image standards could become win/lose factor for govt biometrics contractors
The U.S. government is developing a vendor-neutral standard for assessing how useful an image might be for biometric identification. The…
India’s high court requests UIDAI to use Aadhaar biometrics to ID accident victims
India’s High Court (HC) is asking the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as well as the Delhi city government…
Mexican soccer removes face biometrics from Fan ID security scheme
Mexico’s soccer Liga MX and the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) have followed independent advice and dropped facial recognition tools…
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…
Biometric audit finds thousands of ‘ghost workers’ on Ghana’s public service payroll
At least 148,000 public sector workers in Ghana cannot be biometrically identified in the database of the National Identification Authority…
Are overly simplistic national ID programs creating more exclusion?
Too many people advocating for digital national IDs make it sound like development programs are just an overlay on a…
Chile launches biometric identification system, aims to tackle organized crime
Chile is rolling out an automated biometric identification system (ABIS) with the intention of tackling organized crime. Launch materials show…
UK officialdom have warm places in their hearts for live facial recognition
Live facial recognition, the most contentious government implementation of AI surveillance, is looking attractive to law enforcement leaders in the…
Move a little to your left. Turn your head. Perfect! Recreating crimes with face biometrics
What happens if facial recognition surveillance cameras only capture a crime suspect from a too-oblique angle to make a confident…
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