US cedes markets for oppressive biometric surveillance goods to others
The U.S. government no longer will offer incentives to domestic companies selling biometric surveillance and related goods to other nations…
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Controversy sticks to the use of facial recognition by US police
Facial recognition algorithms used by police in the U.S. are getting no less controversial. If anything, the issue is just…
More statements, legislation but little progress on facial recognition rules
Time usually narrows the choices and possible outcomes that come with an important information technology, but that decidedly is not…
Trying to domesticate AI: US, UN issue policy marching orders
An international 39-member United Nations advisory group has been appointed to report on global governance of AI. Almost simultaneously, United…
Age-verification vendors could benefit from the new gang-suit of Meta
A group of U.S. attorneys general are suing Meta Platforms and Instagram, alleging that they are winking at the general…
Plans for 1,000 biometric bracelets in US county jail fall apart
Biometric bracelets intended for prisoners in Atlanta, Ga., jails are being removed after officials said few of them were distributed…
US bill introduced to make post office a digital ID dispensary
A logical idea in the U.S. to get more people enrolled in a trusted digital ID program has become proposed…
The challenges of biometric border crossings
The introduction of Entry-Exit Systems (EES) relying on biometric data collection on the United States and European Union borders will…
ITCAN rolls out biometric age pass for vape stores, while Washington debates
Biometric measures for age verification are gaining ground in Canada and Washington state, as retailers and regulators try to prevent…
DNA collections, analysis find US government fans of all stripes
For whatever reason, state collection of DNA – a biometric identifier – does not stir the U.S. public, at least,…
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