Bengaluru plans facial recognition gates at Namma Metro
The Indian city of Bengaluru is planning to implement a facial recognition scheme to provide an alternative for the use…
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TSA has big biometric ID management plans. Privacy, paranoia remain hurdles
Two decades after the U.S. Transportation Security Administration was formed to prevent people from bringing hazards aboard commercial jets, TSA…
Court orders suspension of facial recognition use in São Paulo metro
A court in São Paulo has called for a halt in the implementation of a facial recognition system in the…
Brazilian subway operator pushing facial recognition despite sustained protests
Use of facial recognition systems in the subways of São Paulo, Brazil, are being challenged by civil rights organizations and…
How edge computing, AI will benefit the market for biometric identification technologies
The advancement of edge AI hardware and software presents a significant opportunity to improve the accuracy and security of biometric…
Scottish parents, stakeholders pan biometric enrollment process for free bus travel
Parents and transport industry experts in Scotland have been complaining about the ‘unnecessary’ length of the biometrics enrollment process necessary…
Foreigners, users of car services likely in Russia’s biometric crosshairs
Bit by bit, face biometrics is being massaged into Russia’s economy. In the private sector, national politicians want taxi services…
Post-Brexit biometric border checks could bring chaos to cross-Channel travel
Transport executives who run cross-Channel transport links have warned of chaotic scenes at transport points when the EU’s Etias visa…
Roselectronics to supply biometrics for Russian street-level public transport
Rostec State Corporation’s holding company Roselectronics will start the development and production of biometric systems for ground public transport in…
Face biometric payments launch at scale in Moscow Metro
Moscow’s metro system has seen the launch of a new biometric facial recognition payment system, Face Pay, at over 240…
