Hungarian border police explores contactless fingerprint scanning
Hungarian border police are exploring the use of contactless biometric technology made by German startup IDloop in border control and…
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Senate Democrats seek to bar ICE, CBP from using facial recognition tech
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday introduced sweeping legislation that would bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection…
Brazil prepares to introduce mandatory biometric boarding for ports and airports
The Brazilian government is making headway in its plan to introduce a biometric boarding system that will ultimately become mandatory…
Official Recognition – ‘transformative technology’ at the heart of UK police reform
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Live facial recognition (LFR) and other transformative technologies are at…
EES rollout is a ‘mess,’ say experts as border system enters second phase
The EU’s biometric border registration scheme, the Entry-Exit System (EES), entered its second rollout phase this month, obliging countries to…
US expands biometric security cooperation abroad
A U.S.–Peru security cooperation initiative announced last week puts biometric identity technology inside Peru’s prison system as Washington accelerates a…
ICE’s expanding use of FRT on minors collides with DHS policy, oversight warnings, law
When masked federal agents stopped two teenagers riding their bikes near an Illinois high school last fall, the encounter followed…
Research into protections against speech analysis privacy threats maturing rapidly
Our voice reveals much more about us than we may realize: The biometric information of our speech contains information about…
TSA confirms passenger identity data used to support ICE enforcement
When the House Committee on Homeland Security convened this week to oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), lawmakers expected…
FBI seeks industry input on classified identity-based biometric system
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on a new classified,…
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