Portland Goes Full China: Store Requires Looking at Camera to Enter
By Mike Campbell A convenience store in Portland, Oregon has implemented a digital face scan system that requires customers look at a camera before they…
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The WWIII Script on Macroaggressions with Charlie Robinson — Interview with James Corbett
By The Corbett Report [RECORDED ON JUNE 30, 2023] via The Octopus of Global Control: It sometimes feels as if our reality is part of…
EU Police Biometric Databases Will Grow With New Data Exchange Policy, Says Rights Group
By Masha Borak The European Union’s new law on exchanging data between national law enforcement authorities is set to increase the amount of data being…
Even Accurate and Unbiased Facial Recognition Brings Privacy, Cost Harms, Groups Say
By Chris Burt Demands to halt facial recognition use in Canada, at least pending further study and legislation, are not being met, or at least…
French Senate Votes in Favor of Public Facial Recognition Pilot
By Masha Borak The French Senate voted on Monday to adopt a draft law on testing facial recognition technology in public spaces. The law will…
US, EU Agencies Consider Role of Digital Wallets, Cloud in Digital Identity Ecosystems
By William McCurdy The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program is now accepting applications around the topic of privacy-preserving digital credential…
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Amazon/Starbucks Shops for Collecting Biometric Data Without Notifying Customers
By B.N. Frank Last month it was announced that Amazon must pay $30.8 M to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy violations…
Governments Embrace Digital Identity Register, Foreigner ID Cards and Bank Partnerships
By Masha Borak From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but not always…
Generative AI Raises Questions About Biometric Security
By Joel R. McConvey Yet another sector is raising red flags about the potential harms of artificial intelligence, this time with regard to biometric security….
Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence, the Bilderberg Group, and Worldcoin
By Derrick Broze OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently testified in front of a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee regarding the recent rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.)…
G7 Ambivalent About Generative AI
By Jim Nash AI governance did not make the top 10 or 25 concerns mentioned in the G7’s communiqué that closed the group’s 2023 meeting….
Scottish Commissioner Urges Police to Review Risks of Biometric Surveillance
By William McCurdy “Immediately review the rights and risks of (police) biometric-enabled surveillance architecture,” says the Scottish biometrics commissioner. The commissioner, Brian Plastow, went on…
Consumer Group Warns Smartphone Facial Recognition Apps Are Vulnerable to Spoofing
By B.N. Frank Over the years, it has been reported numerous times that artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technologies are highly susceptible to inaccuracies, biases, and various…
Nigerian Banks Given Deadline to Close Accounts Not Linked to ID
By Chris Burt Banks in Nigeria have been given 30 days to close accounts that have not been linked to a biometric Bank Verification Number…