Trudeau Wants to Use Facial Recognition Digital ID for Travel
By Keean Bexte The Trudeau government has been working with major Canadian airlines to formally bring in digital ID, facial recognition, and biometric travel documents…
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World Economic Forum Pushes Facial Recognition Technology
By John Mac Ghlionn The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, has just ended. The theme of the five-day event, “Working Together, Restoring Trust,” was…
Pay With Face: Mastercard Rolls Out Global Biometric Payment System
The promise of of convenience and security are overshadowed by the massive hoovering up of personal biometric data along with all financial transactions. In short,…
The “Digital ID Is a Human Right” Trap Is Set – Don’t Fall For It!
By Derrick Broze Derrick Broze breaks down several stories relating to vaccine passports, digital IDs, and facial recognition. Derrick reviews his latest article for The…
Exposing the “Digital ID is a Human Right” Scam
By Derrick Broze A major component of the Great Reset-Technocratic Agenda is the implementation of a worldwide digital identity scheme. One of the first steps…
Facial Recognition Company Agrees to Permanently Ban Most Private Companies from Accessing Its Database
By B.N. Frank Despite increasing worldwide opposition to facial recognition technology, significant risks associated with its use, and lawsuits (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,…
Privacy Advocates Celebrate “Big Win” Against Facial Recognition Giant
By Jessica Corbett A historic settlement filed in court on Monday highlighted the power of Illinois’ strong privacy law and will result in new nationwide…
Report States UK’s Attempt at Forcing Children to Use Biometrics to Access School Meals is Without Legal Backing
By Chris Burt Forcing children to use biometrics to prove their eligibility for the ‘Free School Meals’ program violates a legal restriction on obligatory biometric…
Clearview AI Fined for Illegally Monitoring and Processing Biometric Data of Italian Citizens
By EDRI On 9 March 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined the US-based company Clearview AI EUR 20 million after finding that the…
Biometric Security is Becoming Commonplace, But There are Significant Concerns
By Steven Maxwell Biometric security measures are becoming routine. Once considered a futuristic technology — biometrics often featured in science fiction across mediums — iris…
Facial Recognition Co. Will Have 100B Photos; “supposedly enough to ensure that almost every human will be in its database.”
By B.N. Frank Despite increasing opposition to facial recognition technology, significant risks associated with its use, and lawsuits (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),…
Victory! More Lawsuits Proceed Against Clearview’s Face Surveillance
By Adam Schwartz Face surveillance is a growing menace to racial justice, privacy, free speech, and information security. So EFF supports bans on government use…
Another State Files Lawsuit Against Facebook’s Use of Facial Recognition without Obtaining Informed User Consent
By B.N. Frank Even though Meta (formerly Facebook) stopped using facial recognition technology on its platform last year and promised to delete data on over…
Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Limit Warrantless Use of Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Feb 2, 2022) – Yesterday, the Alabama Senate unanimously passed a bill that would place limits on law enforcement use…