Canadian academic examines intersection of technology and surveillance
The role of the academic is that of skeptic. As the late Michel Foucault, famed French historian and philosopher noted…
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Viscount Systems signs distributor agreement with Tri-ED
Viscount Systems has just signed a distributor agreement with Tri-ED Distribution in regards to one of Viscount’s access control systems. Under the…
DHS records video footage at junior hockey game for facial recognition tests
According to the Department of Homeland Security, video footage that was successfully taken at a junior hockey game last weekend…
Homeland Security to test BOSS facial recognition at junior hockey game
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will test its crowd-scanning facial recognition system, known as the Biometric Optical Surveillance System, or…
Video surveillance systems and services market to reach $36.28B by 2018
The video surveillance systems and services market is set to reach $36.28 billion by 2018, according to a new report…
Facebook discloses government data requests
In a bid to be more transparent, Facebook has begun to publish the number of requests it receives from governments for user…
FST21 raises $5M to increase US distribution
FST21 America has raised $5 million for its facial and voice recognition surveillance system. Reported in the Washington Post, the company…
NSA illegally collected data with wide surveillance reach
This week, the U.S. Government officially released declassified documents that show that the National Security Agency was illegally collecting a broad…
Disclosures show crowd-scanning facial recognition system tested by U.S.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning facial recognition system last year, called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System (BOSS), following…
U.S. government spending on big data to grow exponentially
Biometrics Research Group, Inc. has observed that national security and military applications are driving a large proportion of “Big Data”…
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