China’s controversial face biometrics standards co-authored by Dahua, Hikvision, Yitu: IPVM
Leading Chinese biometrics and security camera providers helped to craft standards for ethnicity-based identification, according to an IPVM report detailing…
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IPVM shows new IR body temperature cameras using biometric face detection systematically unreliable
An investigation by IPVM into camera-based fever screening systems has discovered widespread manipulation of results, undermining the accuracy and safety…
Bosch considers dumping Dahua cameras after biometric ethnicity-warning revelations
Chinese companies making cameras for biometrics and public surveillance that have been implicated in human rights abuses could face a…
Investigation reveals Dahua biometric systems sent ethnicity warnings to Chinese police
Revelations about ethnicity-tracking biometric systems being developed by many of the biggest names among China-based artificial intelligence and facial recognition…
Hikvision to deploy 1,900 cameras with face biometrics for $33M smart city contract
Hikvision has won a contract worth an estimated $33 million to install roughly 1,900 cameras with face biometrics as part…
ZKTeco plans $190M IPO in China, US factory for biometric access control devices
ZKTeco made close to $250 million in revenues from its biometrics and access control technology in 2019, and is planning…
More ‘Uighur alarms’ found in China — this time an Alibaba face biometrics feature
It sounds like the set up for a grade school racist joke. China’s dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba reportedly offers a…
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…
Binah.ai biometrics for COVID-19 detection deployed to Hello Kitty Land in Tokyo
Facial recognition from Israeli startup Binah.ai has been deployed to Tokyo’s Hello Kitty Land, as part of a health monitoring system…
Biometrics community recognizes need for better messaging on ethical facial recognition use
Less than one in four biometrics community stakeholders say that enough is being done by the industry to influence the…
