Amazon Ring patents hint at biometric surveillance capabilities
A series of 17 patents granted to Amazon for its Ring products over the last two years seems to suggest…
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CyberLink upgrades management tools for biometric surveillance and access control platform
CyberLink has updated its biometric surveillance and access control software with a new Video Monitoring and Recording (VMR) module and a…
Biometric mass surveillance pitched in alleged Huawei company materials
Huawei’s involvement in tracking Chinese citizens has come under renewed scrutiny regarding the use of biometric identification systems. The Washington…
South Korea launching facial recognition CCTV pilot to trace COVID cases
South Korea is planning to add facial recognition to the technology arsenal of its contact-tracing initiative, with the hope of…
Bangladesh, Kenya, UK opt for biometrics to tackle crime in prisons
Governments are increasingly opting for biometrics and other smart technologies as a way of ramping up security around prisons and…
Developers attempt to keep edge from compounding biometrics bias, accuracy issues
From advances in chips and sensors to algorithms, biometric authentication systems have undergone a period of rapid development. This is…
Hiding from AI might not work, but the attempts are at least entertaining
Researchers continue to seek ways to defeat biometric surveillance in public and semi-public places. Unfortunately, each idea involves costumes that…
Herta adds real-time dashboard to video retail analytics
Herta Security has updated its BioMarketing video analysis solution to introduce a control panel to deliver information about the behavior…
Rostec turns behavior analytics development to ‘smart’ anti-riot surveillance system
Rostec State Corporation is reportedly developing a new anti-riot surveillance system that will feature artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities running on…
Chinese province to use facial recognition to track foreign journalists and others
Chinese firm Neusoft, backed by Huawei’s cloud services, has won a tender from the government of China’s central Henan province…
