Online tool exposes whether face biometrics have been trained with your photos
Exposing.AI is an online tool that can help users to track whether their pictures have been used to train AI…
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PSA opens PhilSys’ biometric registration process to the public
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) opened the second, biometrics-focused part of the registration process for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)…
REAL ID law quietly passes with a possible win for government watchdogs
Among the many disparate provisions in the federal appropriations act signed into law last month was an updated REAL ID…
India mulls digital voter ID before assembly elections next year
The electoral commission of India is reportedly considering embarking on a project to digitize photo ID cards to provide a…
Face morphing threat to biometric identity credentials’ trustworthiness a growing problem
Face morphing poses a significant threat to contemporary face biometrics, NIST Computer Scientist and International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2020…
Facial recognition utilized by protestors around the world to identify police
Portland’s ban on the use of facial recognition technology does not apply to individuals, which is why Christopher Howell has…
A year later and UK passport biometric face scan system still favors white males
Almost a year to the day after media stories questioned bias in UK biometric face scanning systems, it appears little…
UK Immigration and Citizenship launch biometric identity verification app to speed up applications
UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) has been working with UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) to develop a new…
Data exposure spotlights ongoing questions about web scrapers and face biometrics
Sections of the web-scraping industry closely resemble the sketchier corners of the search engine optimization community with a couple big…
Ever announces shutdown a year after spinning off face biometrics into Paravision
Following a biometrics controversy last year and after seven years of service, cloud photo storage app Ever is shutting down on…
