Facebook Could Start Using Facial Recognition to Verify Who You Are
By Josie Wales While Facebook has quietly been developing its facial recognition software for Aloha, a controversial video chat device set to debut in May 2018, the…
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New Montana Law Limits ALPR Use, Helps Block National License Plate Tracking Program
By Michael Maharrey Tomorrow, a Montana law that limits the use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in the state goes into effect. The new…
Stanford’s Facial Recognition Algorithm Can Determine Sexual Orientation With Up To 91% Accuracy
By Vin Armani New Stanford study shows that a facial recognition algorithm can correctly determine whether people are straight or gay with up to 91%…
Smart Billboards Target Individual Motorists and Spy on License Plates and Cellphones
By MassPrivateI Editor’s Note: This is the Minority Report world we have entered. Please also see the article by Nicholas West which covers the use…
Train Stations to use Facial Recognition and Palm Vein Scanners for Payment
By MassPrivateI Editor’s Note: The stages of incrementalism seem to be speeding up. Nicholas West has written for Activist Post just this month about China’s…
UK Supermarket Becomes World’s First to Offer Cashless Checkout with Finger Vein Scan
By Nicholas West The march toward a cashless society has now moved from the theoretical to the phase of widespread adoption. This is primarily due…
With iPhone’s New FaceID, Cops Can Unlock Your Phone by Pointing at Your Face—While You’re Cuffed
By Matt Agorist On Tuesday, the world watched as Apple unveiled their tenth-anniversary special edition iPhone, the iPhone X. While iPhone boasts a newer more…
35 False Matches and 1 Erroneous Arrest As Police Secretly Test Facial Recognition Technology
By Nicholas West All things biometric are sweeping across the world at warp speed now, from security on planes and trains to check-ins at conferences…
Cashless Society: China’s KFC Introduces Facial Recognition Payment System
By Nicholas West Step by step, facial recognition has been accepted by the general public for security; its appearance is proliferating at airports and at…
Sheriffs Along the U.S. Border Helping Build Biometric Police State
By Derrick Broze The American Civil Liberties Union has filed open records requests with all the sheriffs along the U.S.-Mexico border in search of information…
Border Patrol Launches Program to Scan the Face of Every Person Leaving U.S.
By Derrick Broze Private airlines are the last line of defense against the growing use of biometric facial recognition software at American airports. The U.S….
CIA’s Secret Spy Tool Steals Biometric Data From Other Intelligence Agencies
By Aaron Kesel WikiLeaks has published a document of a CIA project called ‘ExpressLane’ that allows the agency to secretly extract biometric data from the…
Mobile Biometric Driver’s Licenses Coming to a State Near You
By MassPrivateI MorphoTrust (MT) is trying to convince motorists that mobile biometric driver’s licenses (MDL) are a good thing. Two years ago MT convinced the…
LA Metro Begins Pilot Program for Full Body Scanners Funded by Bill Gates
By Nicholas West Once again it appears that airports are a test bed for nearly everything that will eventually trickle out into the general public. …