UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws
By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition. After the UK Parliament’s Justice and Home…
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Sierra Leone putting digital ID at the center of its digital transformation agenda
By Ayang Macdonald The West African nation of Sierra Leone is at full throttle with its digital transformation efforts, and its MOSIP-based foundational identity system…
Bill Of ‘Neurorights’ Coming Soon? Mind-Reading Tech May Force Us To Rethink Freedom Of Thought
By Parker Crutchfield, Western Michigan University Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, never wrote things down. He warned that writing undermines memory – that it is…
Insurers Spy On Houses Via Aerial Imagery, Seeking Reasons To Cancel Coverage
By Tyler Durden Insurance companies across the country are using satellites, drones, manned airplanes and even high-altitude balloons to spy on properties they cover with…
Your iPhone Is Tracking You, Even If You Ask It To Stop: Hidden Privacy Dangers Found Lurking In Apple’s Default Apps
By Study Finds When you unbox that shiny new iPhone or sleek MacBook, you’re probably eager to dive right in and start exploring. But before…
PayByFace Expands Across European Markets
By Bianca Gonzalez The Amsterdam-based biometric payment processing startup PayByFace has announced agreements to expand into several European markets including Netherlands, UK, Ireland, France, Italy,…
In Historic Victory for Human Rights in Colombia, Inter-American Court Finds State Agencies Violated Human Rights of Lawyers Defending Activists
By Karen Gullo and Veridiana Alimonti In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over…
Posting Pregnancy Pics Online Could Endanger A Baby’s Identity Before They’re Born
By Study Finds Posting pregnancy photos online can establish a digital identity for your child that may be exploited, data scientists in Australia warn. Experts…
Australian Senate Approves Digital ID, America Is Next
The fifth requirement (out of seven) of historic Technocracy, as documented in the Technocracy Study Course in 1934, was “Provide specific registration of the consumption…
Experts Warn Of ‘Digital Enslavement’ As Amazon Pushes Palm-Scan Payment Service
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) E-commerce giant Amazon has just launched new tech that makes it far easier to sign…
AT&T Reveals Easter Weekend Surprise For Customers: 73 Million Accounts Leaked On Dark Web
By Tyler Durden Millions of AT&T Inc. users received bad news from the third-largest US retail wireless carrier this Easter holiday weekend: Their personal data…
City ID and the Right to Travel
By Edward Hasbrouck In recent overviews, we’ve discussed the barriers to getting a passport or state-issued driver’s license or ID card (especially in states that…
EU digital wallet framework finally adopted for digital ID ‘paradigm shift’
By Joel R. McConvey The European Council has formally adopted a new framework for a European Digital Identity Wallets (EUDIWs) that will allow citizens to…
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…