The Trouble with TrapWire
Over the past week, the press and the Twitterverse has been running rampant with stories about TrapWire, the counter-terrorism technology…
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Anonymous Taps MacGyver, Tackles Facial Recognition in Latest Video
Hacktivist group Anonymous has released another ominous video, and this time it’s about thwarting biometric facial recognition systems with a…
U.S. surveillance system shopped to national security agencies
New e-mail correspondence released by WikiLeaks reveals that TrapWire, supplier of a controversial U.S. security surveillance system, intended to sign…
Florida school district contemplates using biometric systems
Principals of several school districts in Florida are seriously considering the installation of biometric scanners for schools, bus and other…
U.S. surveillance system spying on public spaces
According to a series of recent news reports, former senior U.S. intelligence officials have created a detailed domestic surveillance system…
Biometric Research Notes: FLIR Systems
The stock price of FLIR Systems is projected to rise over 25 percent over the next year. The firm which…
Pennsylvania to use Animetrics facial recognition system
The Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) has selected Animetrics, a leading developer of advanced 3-D facial recognition and identity management solutions,…
Israeli jurists right to call biometric database “extreme” and “harmful”
Last week, the Israeli High Court of Justice held a hearing on a petition seeking the annulment of a law…
Israel to review use of centralized biometric database
Israeli’s Interior Ministry, under direction of the country’s High Court of Justice, has agreed to review whether the creation of…
NIST recognizes NEC for ‘best-in-class’ facial recognition technology
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology provider of strategic IT and communications solutions, has recently announced that its…
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