U.S. plans combat cloud upgrade for secure biometric logins from anywhere
General John Hyten, vice chairman of America’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently called for improvements on the U.S. enterprise cloud…
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Digital health passes worldwide: progress, setbacks and still a void in the US
Authorities around the world are rushing to provide ways their citizens can prove their COVID-19 status both at home and…
Some states reject facial recognition for police, but a groundswell may be building
The Security Industry Association, maybe with a premature sigh of relief, is reporting that measures calling for significant restrictions on…
Governments consider digital health pass rules, seek balance between safety and exclusion
Event venues in the UK are being asked to adopt digital health passes to prevent the spread of COVID-19 “as…
Who’s the next U.S. funder to get tangled in Washington’s China sanctions
Before last week, those paying close attention to who was sanctioned by the U.S. government for involvement with China’s repression…
U.S. watchdog wants law enforcement to follow basic biometrics rules to build trust
A U.S. government watchdog agency is pushing three policies, none of which should be a surprise, to increase trust in…
Renewed attempt to ban biometric monitoring in public housing
Unhappy with the prospect of turning federally subsidized housing into biometric fishbowls occupied by indigent, elderly and disabled citizens, U.S….
US Congressmen reintroduce sweeping digital ID bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen have reintroduced a broad-ranging bill to develop legislation around digital identity, according to the…
Get out the sewing kit. More piecemeal ideas for regulating AI are in the works
Patchwork regulation of face biometrics by governments — including a proposed mild set of rules in China’s oldest special economic…
A tri-polar privacy world: China, EU, US conflict on rights regimes
There’s an old African saying: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. And when elephants make love,…
