Consumer biometrics gain steam from gun safety to digital ID documents
Consumer biometrics still hold strong appeal for investors, as smart gun Biofire demonstrates, and a new patent awarded to Apple…
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Facial recognition in surveillance keeps growing, but so do doubts
Several deployments of new face biometrics for surveillance reportedly have failed to deliver on crime-fighting promises. The first is the…
Airport biometrics get an A from travelers, CBP gets an award and rollouts continue
Biometrics in airports are getting a favorable review by 88 percent of travelers, according to the 2022 Global Passenger Survey…
US patent office gives GBT the high sign on its face and body biometrics invention
Executives of a little-known communications company say they have been told by the U.S. government that they will get a…
Complaint filed against PimEyes in UK as facial recognition web search options grow
Some watching the rise to prominence of face-scraper Clearview AI feared a near future in which one company could control…
RecFaces, Alcatraz each expanding presence to reach international face biometrics markets
Face biometric solution provider RecFaces says it is establishing as an independent company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in a…
ACM adds to its list of principles on responsible algorithmic systems
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest computing society, has released a set of nine principles to encourage…
Plans for biometric surveillance reach epic scales with off-putting implications
A pair of troubling reports about plans for intensive biometric surveillance seem drawn from the nightmares of privacy advocates. The…
Border biometrics to stay hot through 2027 – market report
Cameras serving as the front end of facial recognition systems and other border surveillance technologies will double in value in…
Think tank calls for privacy safeguards on use of facial recognition systems in India
Indian government think tank NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India) is pushing for clarity on safeguards to protect personal…
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