Using and storing biometric data: Scrutinizing practices of banks and governments
By Ján Lunter, the Founder and CEO of Innovatrics Biometric technologies are becoming the go-to security technology in the government and…
ethics
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Facebook wants to turbo-charge smart glasses. Researcher wonders if it can do it right
A computer security and privacy researcher who also is an investor in augmented reality took a look at Facebook’s latest…
Seoul shares face biometrics of 170M travelers with private firms
The South Korean government shared roughly 170 million face images of citizens and resident foreign nationals with the private sector…
Microsoft rights review of public contracts to include surveillance technology
Microsoft has agreed to a shareholder proposal to have about 16 of its current contracts with the U.S. government, law…
ID4Africa looks to expand ranks of digital ID Ambassadors
ID4Africa has announced commencement of the application process for its 2022 class of Ambassadors, with a disclosure that the digital…
Questions about AI police surveillance stretch down the supply chain
As government use of facial recognition grows deeper and broader, so do questions about the supply chains delivering new systems….
Biometrics Institute releases third annual report, celebrates 20 years
A report that examines new trends in the deployment and use of biometrics technology has been released by the Biometrics…
Face biometrics roll out at airports on three continents amid ethics, oversight debates
Airport deployments of face biometrics were the focus of two of the most widely-read stories on Biometric Update over the…
A few ‘shoulds’ in otherwise detailed NZ biometric policy
A New Zealand government position paper on biometrics regulation is an antidote to privacy advocates around the world despairing that…
How close are Dutch biometrics researchers to China’s Uyghur oppression?
Working with researchers linked to organizations involved with concentration camps in China is not a good look, as three labs…
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