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Anyone who thought the story about a major New York City venue owner using facial recognition to nettle attorneys would…
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Pair of scientists think they have topped homomorphic encryption
Japanese researchers say they have created a way to perform computations with encrypted data faster, more cheaply and more securely…
South Korea privacy watchdog warns against public facial recognition deployments
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) warned earlier today against the country’s plans to deploy facial recognition for…
Philippines rejects voter registration deadline extension, upgrades IT systems
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has denied a possible extension to the biometric voter registration procedures beyond…
Privately bringing on-device biometrics and age estimation to diverse market sectors
The desire to protect children from inappropriate content and goods is bound up with broader concerns about trust in the…
French MPs prefer specific law on facial recognition for 2024 Olympics
French senators were set to vote last Wednesday January 18 to endorse a government plan to deploy algorithmic facial recognition…
Google bashes Texas biometric law while another state proposes its own
Nothing is getting easier on the legal front for companies in the United States collecting the biometric identifiers. A lawsuit…
Company’s ‘enemies list’ enforced with facial recognition prompts legal challenge, debate
Madison Square Garden’s use of facial recognition to enforce an ‘enemies list’ has sparked a legal battle and growing scrutiny…
Biometrics emerge as key solution for gaming industry’s verification challenges
Biometric technology is seen as a solution for the gaming industry to robustly verify players’ identities and ages while providing…
How social login is pushing passwords into an early grave
By Deepak Gupta, CTO & Co-Founder of LoginRadius Passwords are a thing of the past. They’re too hard to remember, they don’t…
