Police facial recognition use in Belarus, Greece, Myanmar raises rights, data privacy concerns
Facial recognition software developed by Belarusian software design company LLC Synesis and implemented by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs,…
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In-display fingerprint biometrics rumored for Apple, implemented by Goodix as patent lawsuit filed
A new report shared by Barclays analysts with MacRumors seems to confirm previous rumors hinting at under-display fingerprint biometrics on…
New White House, same beef with China telecom and biometrics powerhouses
The Biden administration has reinforced a position held by its predecessor that products made by five Chinese telecom, surveillance and…
Huawei, Megvii, SenseTime patents describing biometric ethnicity detection, tracking revealed
Huawei and other China-based firms have attempted to protect technologies related to their ethnicity-tracking biometrics with patents, IPVM has discovered. The tech…
Preciate plans biometric retail payments expansion after pandemic delay
From the ambitions of a startup based in Israel to a partnership for smartphone-based biometric payments in Russia, retail payment…
Facial recognition CCTV system goes live in Myanmar, prepared in India
A total of 335 cameras with face recognition capabilities went live last week in the Myanmar capital of Naypyitaw, Myanmar…
Huawei accused of using ethnicity-based biometrics to develop alert for Chinese authorities
In a development that might finally get U.S. biometrics firms to walk the corporate-responsibility talk when it comes to how…
Malaysian partners roll out 5G biometric workforce management systems
Malaysian telecom U Mobile and Hotayi Electronic (M) Sdn Bhd, a Malaysia- based electronics manufacturer, have co-created two 5G-enabled systems…
Ugandan police accused of using facial recognition system to fuel rights abuses
The police in the east African nation of Uganda have been faulted for using a facial recognition system deployed in…
Biometrics stocks update: NEC positioning, SuperCom warning and a wild ride for BrainChip
Three NEC divisions have made announcements related to biometrics and digital identity, while SuperCom has issued notification about a stock-price…
