NYC, Perth deploy public facial recognition while London ethics panel calls for greater transparency
New public deployments of facial recognition have been announced for Perth, Australia, and New York City, while an ethics panel…
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U.S. judge rules federal investigators can use suspect biometrics to unlock devices
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that federal investigators can use a suspect’s biometric features to unlock electronic devices,…
New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity
The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division…
US Dept of State intends to award IDEMIA with facial recognition contract
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of State’s Consular Affairs office announced its plan to issue a new sole source…
Audits of DHS, other agencies found access control problems, but didn’t address biometrics
The role of biometrics in a variety of critical US government agencies’ computer access controls which were found deficient during…
Sciometrics presents fully automated latent fingerprint matching at Innovators’ Showcase
Sciometrics has presented its Lights-out Latent fingerprint matching technology to U.S. government personnel at the Innovators’ Showcase in McLean, Virginia….
NPR explores U.S. law enforcement interest in real-time facial recognition
With improvements in facial recognition technology delivering the promise of real-time identification, and a lack of legislative guidance on its…
Questions regarding use of biometrics in AI raised during federally sponsored forum
Concerns about privacy, including ways in which biometrics used in artificial intelligence (AI) could be used by law-enforcement agencies to…
U.S. Homeland Security collecting migrant biometrics in Mexico
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has installed “scores” of screening terminals in detention centers to collect biometric data from…
Biometrics could get short shrift under admin proposal to gut transit security funding
The Trump administration’s proposal to surprisingly slash funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)…
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