Police biometrics, surveillance ‘too complex’ to treat as data processing: UK commissioners
A letter from the UK’s biometrics and surveillance camera commissioners which lodges their warnings that police use of biometrics is…
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Australian police-developed DNA forensics may soon reveal other biometrics
A growing list of a suspect’s characteristics is being deduced from crime scene DNA samples by the Australian Federal Police…
Clarity in police use of biometric evidence is not easy to come by
Physical evidence might sit around for decades before chance intervenes and the material can be used to advance a police…
Assessments for image quality in face biometrics improving, new standard TBD
Algorithms for assessing the quality of facial images used in biometric matching are increasingly effective, but a modern standard that…
Fingerprint biometrics still a solid tool for police – despite persistent myths
A lengthy research paper looking at myths about fingerprint evidence likely surprises even many evidence experts who think the biometric…
UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group gets 2022 direction, new members
The UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics group (BFEG) has received the 2021/2022 commissioning letter from the Home Office Head of…
Take the shine and target off face biometrics, say researchers
Of the uncounted words, both alarmed and alarming, devoted to law enforcement’s use of facial recognition, there is one sentence…
Oosto backs call for scraped biometrics deletion; Clearview fires back
An industry dust-up has broken out over the appropriate composition of biometric reference databases for law enforcement applications, with Oosto endorsing…
Verogen and Cellmark claim UK’s first forensic DNA biometrics sequencing accreditation
Forensic technology providers Verogen and Cellmark Forensic Services partnered to release the UK’s first ISO/IEC 17025-accredited forensic sequencing service. The…
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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