The rise of ethical facial recognition
Facial recognition offers tremendous benefits to businesses and society when used effectively and responsibly. It’s a convenient way to unlock…
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No facial recognition for South Australia Police on planned CCTV network until law updated
Adelaide City Council passed a motion aimed at preventing South Australia Police (SAPOL) from using facial recognition via a CCTV…
Trust in biometrics sought with AI Act, government programs and ethical facial recognition
Biometrics adoption is being encouraged in the public sector for digital ID and online government applications, as it continues to…
Take the shine and target off face biometrics, say researchers
Of the uncounted words, both alarmed and alarming, devoted to law enforcement’s use of facial recognition, there is one sentence…
Emergency response biometrics: HID Global fingerprint reader, ERinfo face tool launched
HID Global has released a new plug and play fingerprint biometrics reader for law enforcement while ERinfo has devised a…
LES film technology – fingerprint sensor descriptions and alternative fingerprint technologies
Absolute identification and authentication (verification of identity) through individual fingerprints, regardless of the technology used, requires three general steps: image…
BitCenter UK facial recognition app puts CCTV capability on mobile phones
BitCenter UK has developed a facial recognition mobile app, FarFaces, that it says provides the capabilities of a biometric CCTV…
Have governments stopped trying to finesse intense face biometrics projects?
Israel and India are building facial recognition surveillance projects that seem consciously designed to aggravate specific fears held by privacy…
Uncle DHS wants you to help him make better biometrics
Better late than never, the U.S. government wants to find out what people think of facial recognition and other AI…
Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement
The recent claim by Ghana’s vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the country’s national biometric ID card (the Ghana Card)…
