Russia’s biggest bank gets patents for detecting deepfakes
Add to the list of things Russia’s Sber is, deepfake detector. The Kremlin-controlled bank/new-economy conglomerate has been awarded two domestic…
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Moscow Metro facial recognition payments system to add 200 turnstiles, link to IDs
Moscow will extend the government-owned Face Pay biometric fare payment system to additional transport lines in the city and is…
New, easier way to make deepfakes emerges from Russia
Scientists in Russia are claiming advances in deepfake creation that could make it easier to produce startlingly believable avatars. Their…
Russia pushing Unified Biometric System to enter secure facilities
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development is preparing a bill proposing the use of the country’s Unified Biometric System for…
Leak reveals Western companies with face biometrics licenses from Russia’s NtechLab
Intel, SpaceX, Philip Morris, and several other U.S. companies were spotted in a leaked database of companies that obtained a…
Dozens more face biometrics turnstiles for Moscow transit, backed by tepid survey
Moscow is expanding its Face Pay biometric public transportation program because it is very popular, according to a city official….
China, Russia, India: facial recognition surveillance projects far from the capitals
Unmanned police surveillance vehicles patrol a city in Xinjiang, a Russian city in the Arctic Circle deploys a powerful facial…
Russian pols OK bill to make banks share client biometrics with government
A bill that requires banks to share clients’ biometric data with the state has been adopted by lawmakers of Russia’s…
Russia uses its facial recognition system to show reporters who’s the boss
In a nation where journalists who refuse to take the Kremlin’s line are sometimes murdered, news of reporters being surveilled…
Russia tries to revive twice-bumped biometric surveillance net, put it near Ukraine
A biometric surveillance system that was only partially built across Russia before being shut down might get a new life…
