Florida Town Installs Live Facial Recognition to Protect Against 3 Trespassers
By Chris Burt Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on lists of America’s most crime-ridden towns. But…
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RecFaces Live Facial Recognition Used for Security During 2024 Brazilian Carnival
By Bianca Gonzalez Cameras using Id-Guard from RecFaces, a Dubai-based facial recognition software developer, were used to secure Brazil Carnival 2024, according to a company…
Biometrics Providers See Novel Uses for Facial Recognition in Healthcare and Education
By Joel R. McConvey Through a new partnership with Latin American security provider ISEG, Corsight AI’s facial recognition technology has been deployed at three hospitals…
New Zealand Grocery Stores Adding Facial Recognition, Police Want Open Discussion
By Masha Borak Facial recognition is entering New Zealand’s grocery stores and the rapid expansion of the technology has been filling the country’s newspaper headlines….
A New Way to Thwart Facial Recognition Targets Surveillance Camera Sensors
By Masha Borak As facial recognition surveillance spreads, researchers and privacy-minded individuals have been trying to come up with ways to thwart the technology, using…
Latest False Arrest Involving Facial Recognition in US Sure to Fuel Backlash
By Chris Burt Another arrest in the United States that relied on facial recognition has resulted in a horror story of misidentification and a lawsuit….
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition During Palestine and Israel Protests
By Masha Borak The London police have deployed facial recognition during protest actions in support of Palestine and Israel over the last weekend to identify…
UK Police Have Been Secretly Using Passport Database for Facial Recognition for 3 Years
By Masha Borak Police in the UK have been using the country’s passport holder database to conduct facial recognition searches without public disclosure, a new…
UK Police Use of Facial Recognition Probed by Lawmakers
By Masha Borak Police in the UK have been ramping up the use of facial recognition technology with plans for further rollouts in 2024, sparking…
Facial Recognition by Police Could Come to Ireland Faster after Dublin Riots
By Jim Nash The politics of police facial recognition systems are changing in favor of deployment in Ireland after last week’s riot in Dublin. Proposals…
French Politicians Vow Legal Action on Alleged Illegal Facial Recognition Use by Police
By Ayang Macdonald A recent report that the French national police has been using a facial recognition system from Israel illegally for the past eight…
Sharp Rise in Facial Recognition Use by Scottish Police, UK Protest Footage Scanned
By Masha Borak The police in Scotland have tripled the use of retrospective facial recognition over the last five years jumping from just under 1,300…
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…
Travel Industry Adoption of Facial Recognition Grows
By Joel R. McConvey Travelers are likely to be among the first to experience the mass worldwide commercial deployment of facial recognition, with a steady…