Clearview AI biometrics searches spike as police work to identify Capitol rioters
Alabama’s Oxford city police department is among U.S. law enforcement departments using Clearview AI’s controversial biometric facial recognition software to…
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Lakota Software Solutions, Inc.
Lakota is now offering a web-based solution for creating fingerprint EFT files, which currently supports U.S. firearms dealers in submitting…
CBP to submit detained foreigners’ DNA to FBI biometric database by year-end
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now has the information it needs to meet its legal requirements for collecting DNA…
US Postal Service fingerprint biometric service for federal vetting surpasses 100 locations
The United States Postal Service has expanded its biometric fingerprinting services partnership with the FBI to more than 100 locations…
SecuGen fingerprint biometrics certified by FBI, Mashang Consumer Finance facial recognition by BCTC
The FBI has confirmed SecuGen’s optical biometric fingerprint technology has reached the image quality specifications needed for PIV and Mobile…
FBI iris biometrics capability about to reach operation, agency developing fingerprint alteration detection
The FBI’s long-piloted biometric iris recognition program is set to go into operation as soon as October 1, or possibly…
Washington is worried that COVID-19 will infect mobile banking via cybercrime
The FBI has issued an alert saying that agents anticipate mobile banking exploits attacking businesses and consumers. Agency officials are…
Seattle Airport extends contract for Telos ID’s biometric background screening
Government agency the Port of Seattle has extended the contract with identity management provider Telos ID to optimize aviation workers’…
Most groups receiving data with prisoner tattoos ignore request to delete them: EFF
An effort to get universities, companies and others to delete digital images of U.S. prisoners’ tattoos that they received from…
EFF initiative shows what U.S. government agencies may hold your facial biometric data
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced a new initiative called “Who Has Your Face” to help Americans understand what…
