Facial Recognition Becoming More Common in US Schools
By Chris Burt, Biometric Update Biometric systems for school safety and security continue to gain ground in the U.S., with more rollouts unveiled and a…
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DHS to Hold Industry Day for Biometric Scanner Contract
By Chris Burt A hybrid industry day will be held by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on July 29 to share information on a…
Google Wallet takes next step with US biometric passports
By Chris Burt Google Wallet is rolling out support for American biometric passports, according to an X post from code leaker Assemble Debug. The post,…
Clearview facial recognition searches double, database reaches 50B images
By Chris Burt The number of facial recognition searches performed with Clearview AI by law enforcement officials has doubled over the past year, reaching 2…
Five Eyes biometric data sharing increases by over 100X with little transparency
By Chris Burt A network for sharing biometrics, demographics and other data about visitors, migrants and other travelers has ballooned in scope and amount of…
WTTC calls for renewed effort on digital health passes through WHO network
By Chris Burt Countries around the world should sign up to the Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) to align health checks for seamless verification…
UK invests in 4 police vans with live facial recognition to cut knife crime
By Chris Burt The UK government has announced investments in live facial recognition and research and development for remote scanning technologies as it attempts to…
El Salvador data breach includes selfies and ID numbers for 80% of country’s population
By Chris Burt Organizations storing reference data to perform face biometrics matches should not store that data in unencrypted form. This basic best practice requirement…
Biometrics expand in and beyond airports, even as opponents try to kick them out
By Chris Burt Biometrics for getting through the airport, and in one case beyond it was a common theme in four of the most-read articles…
Florida Town Installs Live Facial Recognition to Protect Against 3 Trespassers
By Chris Burt Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on lists of America’s most crime-ridden towns. But…
Biometrics Entering Wider Use at Work and at Play
By Chris Burt Government and business biometrics deployments to make employee time and attendance tracking more reliable lead a series of items about major market…
US Airlines and TSA Partner on Expanded Use of Digital ID Through Face Biometrics
By Chris Burt The U.S Transportation Security Administration is advancing face biometrics checks for members of its PreCheck program in partnership with airlines. The implications…
Face Biometrics Growing Role in Trust Raises Stakes for Fakes
By Chris Burt Face biometrics are powering identity checks for employment, air travel, and enterprise access control in some of the most-read stories of the…
Biometrics Squaring Off with Deepfakes
By Chris Burt Biometrics can protect against the fraud threat of generative AI and deepfakes, but can also be defeated by them if not deployed…