AI impersonation attacks against US officials growing more sophisticated, FBI warns
Federal authorities are warning that a years-long impersonation campaign targeting senior U.S. officials has not only continued, but that is…
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US, Bangladesh authorities shut down online network of fake ID shops
Score one for the good guys. The U.S. Department of Justice has seized a network of websites selling digital versions of…
Ring faces new scrutiny as lawmaker warns of biometric surveillance crisis
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey’s long-running probe into Amazon’s Ring surveillance doorbell system reached a new boiling point this week…
UK oversight bodies seek clarity on facial recognition bias, cooperation on governance
The fallout from a report on the demographic differentials of the facial recognition algorithms UK police use, tucked into an…
How commercial surveillance tools became essential to FBI investigations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to rely on Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox to support its…
Edmonton police first to to test facial recognition body cams from Axon
Police in Edmonton, Alberta are launching a Proof of Concept to test facial recognition-enabled Body Worn Video (BWV) cameras. A…
Project NOLA reopens network to New Orleans Police, LFR alerts still suspended
New Orleans-based Project NOLA’s sprawling network of community installed surveillance cameras is once again streaming directly into the hands of…
Civil liberties groups demand DHS shut down ICE’s Mobile Fortify app
A broad coalition of civil rights, privacy, and immigrant advocacy organizations is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to…
FBI seeks industry input on biometric algorithms, AI-driven tattoo recognition
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on the next…
Border Patrol’s monitoring of US drivers raises privacy concerns
The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly built a nationwide vehicle tracking system that functions much like location surveillance but without…
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