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Taiwan warns citizens against obtaining Chinese ID cards

The government of Taiwan is warning its citizens against applying for documents in Mainland China, fearing that the country could…

 

Dahua distances itself from Xinjiang biometric surveillance by cancelling contracts

Biometric surveillance camera-maker Dahua has announced that it and its subsidiaries have cancelled contracts for five projects with local governments…

 

Chinese spycams back under the tree?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner He knows if you’ve been good or bad – but…

 

Hikvision cancels 5 biometric surveillance contracts in Xinjiang

While some are steeling themselves for the second term of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump in fear of potential human…

 

China testing AI-powered police-ball that looks like a battle droid

The terminators and battle droids of science fiction are drawing ever closer to becoming non-fiction. In China, law enforcement agencies…

 

Shanghai cracks down on facial recognition use by businesses

City authorities in China are seeing the first results of its crackdown on the misuse of facial recognition systems by…

 

Cameroon live facial recognition project still trying to identify a banker

The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, last week directed his government to source for money from a Chinese bank for…

 

SenseTime restructuring shifts focus from FRT to genAI

Time is up for SenseTime’s facial recognition business, at least as part of its core, with the company restructuring to…

 

Passkeys strong in China, but WeChat support is external only for now

WeChat has announced passkey support for its iOS app, bringing passwordless access to its users – but, for now, only…

 

China pilots biometric border lane in Shenzhen and Zhuhai

China is upgrading some of its fast lanes for those entering the country from Hong Kong and Macao, which are…

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