Signal upgrades encrypted messenger with face-blurring to block biometrics
Encrypted communication platform Signal is releasing a face-blurring tool to anonymize faces in the messaging app, following U.S. law enforcement…
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Evolving tech and politics team up to make real-time face recognition attractive
Multiple publications are reporting on the rush to sell software, hardware and services related to real-time surveillance using facial biometrics….
Clearview AI says it’s like Facebook, Twitter in new defense
No one thought that Clearview AI, the biometrics firm that secretly scrapes images from the internet for its facial recognition…
Idemia NSS partners with B&A to deliver biometrics to U.S. federal agencies in criminal justice system
Multi-modal biometrics from Idemia National Security Solutions will be integrated with identity management and authentication service offerings for the U.S….
ICE facial biometrics use boosts investigative capabilities but privacy assessment shows risks remain
The use of biometric facial recognition from third parties by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has “exponentially” improved the…
Half of Australians comfortable with biometric recognition, Korea sees twofold user-rate increase
Even though concerns about biometric facial recognition technology have been expressed, Australians are not worried about the technology and seem…
Anti-government nonprofit wants to rebalance biometrics law in Utah
A small libertarian nonprofit in Utah is pushing the state to curb government surveillance, biometric and otherwise. Libertas Institute sees…
Report outlines biometric tools used to solve federal crimes
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued the first in a pair of reports sketching the digital forensic tools, including…
Queensland to upload driver’s licence images to Australia’s national biometrics database
Australia’s database of facial biometrics from driver’s licenses will soon add images from Queensland, the Department of Home Affairs told…
Private and Illinois entities blocked from Clearview AI facial biometrics, app details explained
All accounts for controversial biometric identification company Clearview AI’s facial recognition service held by private companies and individuals not associated…
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