Australian government may add social media photos to national biometrics database
Australia’s attorney general’s department has confirmed that the federal government is considering taking photos from social media sites and adding…
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Australian science agency develops new fingerprint ID technique
Australia’s national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a new method of identifying invisible fingerprints…
Thailand police to implement facial recognition at all border checkpoints
The Royal Thai Police announced it will install facial recognition scanners at all border checkpoints to speed up the immigration…
Uber quietly testing Live Scan fingerprinting on some drivers
Despite publicly opposing fingerprinting background checks for its drivers, ride-hailing service Uber is reportedly looking into implementing fingerprinting with Live…
INTERPOL holds its first facial recognition symposium
INTERPOL recently held a symposium from October 6-7 at the General Secretariat headquarters where it focused on developing best practices…
Indian high court to review Aadhaar cease order
India’s Supreme Court has established a constitutional panel to review a cease order that suspended the multi-fold expansion of the…
Austin council member calling for mandatory fingerprint checks for Lyft and Uber drivers
Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen is pushing for changes to be made to transportation network companies (TNC) regulations which…
New York State police departments receive $710K in grants for fingerprinting equipment
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has granted $710,000 in state grants to 51 police departments and sheriffs’ offices in…
European Commission VP says fingerprinting refugees at borders would curb militant threats
European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said that fingerprinting and registering all refugees arriving in Europe would curb militant threats,…
Facial recognition, video forensics bolster human expertise
This is a guest post by Robert Sprecher, Program Director for Face Recognition and Video Analytics for MorphoTrak. Thanks to…
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