HALF of Americans’ Photos Are Now Stored In Facial Recognition Databases
By John Vibes According to a new report by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology, half of Americans now have photos of themselves stored…
Search Results for facial recognition databases
Law enforcement accesses increasingly massive facial recognition databases with few legal standards
image credit: AV-1/Flickr Madison Ruppert Activist Post According to a new report, the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance program isn’t all Americans have to be…
Swedish Police Want to Fight Crime with Live Facial Recognition
By Masha Borak The Swedish police want to use facial recognition in real time to crack down on serious crimes. Government investigators have already drafted…
Karachi, Pakistan Launches Safe City Project with Live Vehicle, Facial Recognition
By Ghulam Shabir Arain Karachi has launched the first phase of its Safe City Project, with five poles equipped with 25 surveillance cameras. A total…
The Dangers of Biometrics: Beyond Fingerprints and Facial Recognition
By Malware News Biometrics, the science of identifying individuals based on their unique physical and behavioral characteristics, has a rich history. However, it wasn’t until…
FBI Seeks Options for “Clearview AI” Type Facial Recognition Searches
By Jesse Smith The FBI has put out a request for information regarding (RFI) open-source facial recognition capabilities which it hopes to acquire in the…
Facial Recognition Becoming More Common in US Schools
By Chris Burt, Biometric Update Biometric systems for school safety and security continue to gain ground in the U.S., with more rollouts unveiled and a…
Draft bill allowing German police to search web with facial recognition panned
By Joel R. McConvey Germany is among the first European nations to push at the seams of the AI Act, with a row brewing over…
Those wronged by facial recognition join rights groups in calling for police ban
By Joel R. McConvey There is a small but growing lobby made up of people who have been wrongly arrested as a result of facial…
Police in US cities that ban facial recognition asking others to do it for them
By Joel R. McConvey A major report in the Washington Post has found that law enforcement officers in U.S. several cities where facial recognition tech…
Civil rights groups want facial recognition technology banned in New York State
By Joel R. McConvey A group of major civil rights organizations in New York is pushing for a statewide ban on the use of facial…
Big Brother Unchained: UK Govt To Abolish Biometrics & Surveillance Safeguards As It Embraces Facial Recognition
By Nick Corbishley “The lack of attention being paid to [public safeguards] at such a crucial time is shocking, and destruction of the surveillance camera code…
All of Universal’s Orlando Theme Parks to Get Facial Recognition Upgrade
By Joel R. McConvey Facial recognition is about to get totally epic – or, rather, Epic is about to get facial recognition. Epic Universe, the…
New York Bans Facial Recognition Technology in Schools
By Michael Maharrey ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 28, 2023) – Yesterday, New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa issued an order prohibiting schools in…