Smart glasses, mobile FRT normalize ambient biometric surveillance
Meta’s smart glasses and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) expanding use of mobile facial recognition point to a broader shift…
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Sweden authorizes police use of live facial recognition
Swedish police will be allowed to use live facial recognition (LFR) in cases involving kidnapping, human trafficking, serious crimes and…
Senators press DHS to abandon biometric smart glasses plan for immigration officers
A group of Democratic senators led by Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon is demanding that the…
Will Scotland be the first nation to pass primary legislation covering live FRT?
The Scottish privacy commissioner continues to express consternation over the potential use of live facial recognition by Police Scotland. Meanwhile,…
French police use of real-time facial recognition comes under scrutiny
Police in France are reportedly photographing individuals with police-issued mobile devices and using facial recognition developed by the German company…
London testing facial recognition app for police as another false match surfaces
London police will soon start testing “operator-initiated facial recognition” (OIFR), a mobile app that allows officers to photograph a person…
DHS signals major expansion of biometric matching infrastructure
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on biometric matching software…
UK police begins live facial recognition trials at railway stations
The UK police have kicked off a six-month pilot using live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance to monitor train stations. The…
ICE, FBI expand facial recognition use to protest investigations
Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of domestic protest activity, according…
Official Recognition – ‘transformative technology’ at the heart of UK police reform
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Live facial recognition (LFR) and other transformative technologies are at…
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