Iran marries surveillance infrastructure, national ID to control population: report
The Iranian regime has been leveraging tools from its digital public infrastructure (DPI), combining them with its limited network of…
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Ring and Flock call off integration as scrutiny of camera-to-police partnership intensifies
Amazon-owned Ring and Flock Safety have canceled their planned partnership, stepping back from an integration that would have linked one…
Ring Super Bowl ad sparks backlash over AI camera surveillance
A Super Bowl commercial for Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera triggered swift backlash, with critics arguing that the company used an…
iMotion Security deploying ROC video analytics for Montreal police
iMotion Security, a security systems vendor based in Quebec, will be implementing an intelligent video management solution from Colorado-based biometrics…
RecFaces supplying St. Regis Mumbai with facial recognition
Dubai-based facial recognition surveillance company RecFaces has landed a new deal in India, as part of its focus on developing…
Sainsbury’s rolls out Facewatch LFR, Tesco gets retrospective with Auror
Automated security cameras and facial recognition are growing presences in UK shops as a theft prevention measure, with Tesco announcing…
US grocery store chain faces backlash over its use of facial recognition
U.S.-based supermarket chain Wegmans Food Markets has found itself at the center of a rapidly widening privacy controversy over its…
The most unbelievable cyber statistic of 2025?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner It’s look-back season again. Time to dust off old favourites…
Exposed – will AI biometrics leave spies out in the cold?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Arguments against the state using AI-enabled biometrics like facial recognition…
Ring faces new scrutiny as lawmaker warns of biometric surveillance crisis
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey’s long-running probe into Amazon’s Ring surveillance doorbell system reached a new boiling point this week…
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