Undisclosed face detection code in Hong Kong app turns out to be bundling error
LeaveHomeSafe, a contact-tracing app built and deployed by the Hong Kong government to reduce cases of Covid, apparently is safe…
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Vietnam launching digital health pass as Hawaii looks to repurpose screening investments
Well over two years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, digital health passes are still rolling out, even as authorities try…
Face biometrics adopted in Hong Kong, expand in US for cruise border checks
Biometric face analysis and matching solutions to verify individuals’ identities disembarking from cruise ships have been deployed separately by Hong…
Scaled-back $767M SenseTime IPO launches in Hong Kong
The much-anticipated SenseTime initial public offering, set to be the largest-yet for a China-based facial recognition firm, has a target…
Contactless biometric immigration checks roll out in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has deployed a biometric “e-channel” at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong-Zuhai Macau Bridge and Shenzhen Bay border…
SenseTime approved for potential $2B facial recognition IPO in Hong Kong
SenseTime has been approved for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange that could bring in up between…
SenseTime seeks to break Chinese biometrics giants’ IPO stalemate with $2 billion offering
Chinese face biometrics giant SenseTime has filed to go public in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reports. The company…
Facial recognition unicorn gallops back to Hong Kong for prospective IPO
Yitu has set its sights on Hong Kong for an IPO, after its attempt to list in Shanghai followed an increasingly…
Hong Kong ‘exploring collaboration’ with Mainland digital identity systems
Hong Kong is investigating how its digital identity platform could operate with systems in mainland China, as revealed by written…
The East plays a COVID shell game with biometric surveillance
Again, governments around the world are trivializing personal privacy as they build increasingly intrusive biometric surveillance networks. Officials in Hong…
