IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
By Tyler Durden The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has partnered with a Virginia-based private identification firm which requires a facial recognition selfie among other…
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Chile Deploying Facial Recognition to Verify COVID-19 Status and Facilitate Quarantine Monitoring
By Chris Burt Tech5 is providing its facial recognition technology to assist Chile’s COVID-19 health status verification efforts to prevent the spread of the illness with…
Biometric Surveillance Coming Soon to an Airport Near You. Your Face Will Be Your Boarding Pass!
By Jesse Smith The biosecurity surveillance state is continuing its relentless march to record our whereabouts and every bit of data about our lives. This…
World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID Program “Aadhaar” Tracks Medications, Vaccines, Purchases, and All Movement of 1.3 Billion People in India
By S.D. Wells Ever heard of Aadhaar, the massive people-tracking government ‘portal’ in India that tracks everything you buy, everywhere you go, and every medication…
Facebook Will Eliminate Facial Recognition System and Delete Data on Over 1 Billion People
By B.N. Frank You’re probably aware that over the past several months, Facebook has come under heavy scrutiny for a variety of unethical business practices…
Surveillance State Accelerates: Airlines Turn to Facial Recognition Technology Ahead of Holiday Rush
By Gio Benitez, Mina Kaji, and Nathan Luna The travel industry is gearing up for what could be its busiest season since the coronavirus pandemic…
Sam Altman Lays Out Global Infrastructure For Universal Basic Income
Altman has shown himself to be both a Technocrat and Transhuman, convinced that Universal Basic Income is the answer to job-displacing automation, AI and robots….
Delta and TSA Launch New Biometric “Digital Identity Experience” at Atlanta Hub
By Allison Fox The airline is implementing a “digital identity experience” at its hub in Atlanta, offering customers with TSA PreCheck and a Delta SkyMiles number the chance to pass…
The Surveillance State Grows: UK Schools Will Use Facial Recognition to Speed Up Lunch Payments
By J. Fingas Facial recognition may soon play a role in your child’s lunch. The Financial Times reports that nine schools in the UK’s North…
Face Recognition Isn’t Just Face Identification and Verification: It’s Also Photo Clustering, Race Analysis, Real-time Tracking, and More
By Bennett Cyphers, Adam Schwartz, and Nathan Sheard Governments and corporations are tracking how we go about our lives with a unique marker that most…
“Historic Moment”: EU Approves Call for Sweeping Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
By Andrea Germanos The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a call to ban facial recognition surveillance—a development heralded by the technology’s foes as a “big…
Clearview AI to Use More Advanced Artificial Intelligence to Scan More Than 10 Billion Internet Collected Images
By Will Knight Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer…
The Federal Government Just Can’t Get Enough of Your Face
By Chao Liu There are more federal facial recognition technology (FRT) systems than there are federal agencies using them, according to the U.S. General Accounting…
Amazon’s Palm Reader Provides A Sneak Peek Into Our Biometric Future
By Aaron Kesel Amazon’s palm reader will be installed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and will be used for future ticketed events. Amazon’s…