Can facial recognition be justified for espionage in war?
With major global military conflicts asserting themselves into the story of the twenty-first century, a parallel debate is being waged…
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CRISP report underlines fear that UK is heading into a biometric safety vacuum
Fraser Sampson remains unhappy with the UK government’s stance on privacy, comparing the decision to abolish his office and remove…
RecFaces deploys biometric access system for El Salvadoran government building
Dubai-based RecFaces has moved from the pilot stage to permanent installation of its biometric Id-Guard software in the Legislative Assembly…
AI Act exemptions, cut-outs and broad mandates top issues late in bill’s negotiations
As the fifth round of trilogue negotiations on the European Union’s proposed AI Act began this week in the EU…
PimEyes sees use by Australian police, enacts ban on searches for children
The controversial Tbilisi-based facial recognition website PimEyes, which lets users upload photos of anonymous people and scrapes the Internet for…
Israel is using Amazon Rekognition to locate missing and dead
Amazon’s facial recognition system Rekognition is being used in Israel to locate missing and dead after a deadly attack by…
Advocates say people think of biometric identification all wrong
A digital rights organization says the popular view of biometric identification and surveillance is backward and the result is the…
Facial recognition gains for shoplifting investigations jeopardized by policy gaps
Facial recognition is being used to identify shoplifters in London and in Evansville, Indiana, but also generating controversy. Metropolitan Police…
Police face biometrics bill debated in US state; 3 years in the making
Proponents and opponents of police using facial recognition in the U.S. state of Massachusetts appear to have battled to a…
Biometrics are helping to identify victims of Hamas attack in Israel
Since Hamas launched its attack against Israel, the number of victims has been rising. The identification of the dead and…
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