The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded by the American Taxpayer
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “The madmen are in power.”— Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle The debate over U.S. foreign…
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Belize to Kick Off National ID and Biometric Data Strategy as Soon as March
By Masha Borak Belize is moving towards building its national identification system and formulating a strategy for biometric data with future plans for digitizing public…
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…
Ireland Shows How Police can Ignore Biometric Privacy Concerns and Promises
By Jim Nash Those who see face surveillance by law enforcement as a danger to civil rights keep hoping that their warnings will stir the…
2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Big Brother is Watching You.”―George Orwell, 1984 2024 is the new 1984. Forty years past the time that George…
Audio Cloning can Take Over a Phone Call in Real Time Without the Speakers Knowing
By Joel McConvey Generative AI could be listening to your phone calls and hijacking them with fake biometric audio for fraud or manipulation purposes, according…
Prepare Now for When Quantum Computers Break Biometric Encryption: Trust Stamp
By Bianca Gonzalez Digital identity and trust provider Trust Stamp has released a white paper explaining the threat of quantum computing to biometric systems and…
Sprawling Biometric Privacy Legal Assault on Camera Maker Churns On
By Jim Nash A U.S. privacy case in state court that accuses a Chinese surveillance camera maker of “corporate voyeurism” has been narrowed to the…
Deepfake Voice Attacks are Here to Put Detection to the Real-world Test
By Jim Nash It’s put up or shut up time for biometric software companies and public researchers claiming they can detect deepfake voices. Someone sent…
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….
Biometric Surveillance Options Increase for US Police
By Jim Nash Proving that it is not always good to be right, public and private video surveillance is gaining critical mass in U.S. cities…
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…
US Lawmakers Attack Categories of Deepfake but Miss Everyday Fraud
By Jim Nash A pair of U.S. House of Representative members have introduced a bill intended to restrict unauthorized fraudulent digital replicas of people. The…
The EU Wants to Spy on Europeans’ Internet Use
By Robert Blumen The European Commission is an EU legislative body with regulatory authority over digital technology. The EC’s eIDAS Article 45, a proposed regulation,…