Face biometrics app aids Dominican police in 800 arrests
The Dominican Republic has reported the arrest of 843 fugitives and criminal suspects in absentia in just four months using…
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ABIS work is winning US Defense biometrics contracts and awards
Athena Sciences has won a biometrics contract with the U.S. Defense Department. Athena Sciences will build and operate an automated…
Facial recognition powers domestic operations for China’s growing surveillance state
So far, protesters calling for change in the Chinese government have yet to face the tanks and guns that were…
Indian police use of facial recognition in Chennai may violate privacy: Project Panoptic
The use of face biometric technologies by police forces to identify people on the streets of the Indian city of…
Major airport biometrics and government digital identity projects advance
Airport biometrics and digital travel credentials made headlines on two of the most-read articles on Biometric Update this week. Digi…
Invisibility cloak hides wearer from biometric cameras and exposes security loopholes
Move over, Harry Potter: students at Wuhan University in China have won an award for developing a virtual invisibility cloak,…
Ring keeps pushing the boundaries for facial recognition in US policing
Watching the New York Police Department’s expansion into facial recognition technology and practices is like witnessing someone who is not…
EU countries agree to common position on biometrics in AI Act
The European Union has come to an agreement on the much-discussed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which would allow law enforcement…
US wants to ID travelers in a moving group in 3 seconds with biometrics
In a development that will hearten some, but give the most privacy-minded travelers a second thought about travel-related surveillance, the…
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