What Will The Future Bring For ID Demands?
By Edward Hasbrouck There are elections today in the USA. But we don’t need to know their outcome to predict many of the issues that…
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TSA Launches Smartphone-based Digital ID Scheme
By Edward Hasbrouck Brushing off objections from the Identity Project and others, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued regulations creating the framework for…
PopEye to Strengthen EU Border Biometrics with Gait Recognition Integration
By Chris Burt The European Union has launched a pilot project to study how biometrics can be captured from on-the-move subjects to speed up identity…
TSA Wants to Delay Full Enforcement of REAL ID Another Two Years
By Anthony Kimery The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed to delay full enforcement of REAL ID for Americans until 2027, but will keep…
Digital Vaccine Passports Coming to the EU
By Jesse Smith Del Bigtree and Jefferey Jaxen discuss the EU’s new digital vaccine passport program launching this month. The US has begun biometric facial…
Planned New European Travel Restrictions Follow US Precedents and Pressure
By Edward Hasbrouck Citizens of the USA and some other most-favored nations have long been able to travel to many European countries for tourism or…
Congress Asks More Questions About TSA Blacklists
By Edward Hasbrouck The “No-Fly” and “Selectee” lists managed by Federal agencies through the joint Watch List Advisory Council (WLAC) aren’t the only blacklists and…
5th Circuit Reads Travel Blacklists into Federal law
By Edward Hasbrouck In a decision issued last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has offered the first appellate opinion on whether there is…
“Coordinated Sabotage” Paralyzes France’s Rail Network As Olympics Begin
By Tyler Durden A “coordinated sabotage” has paralyzed France’s high-speed train network, impacting a quarter million travelers. The number is set to rise to 800k…
What “consent” really looks like for the DEA and TSA
By Edward Hasbrouck The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been working together for years to steal travelers’ money. The…
Facial recognition and AI monitoring deployed in India’s largest railway network
By Joel R. McConvey India’s rail networks are adding AI and facial recognition systems to their stations, part of a growing biometrics and surveillance market…
The “Blue Screen Of Death” Could Throw The Global Economy Into A State Of Chaos For Weeks
By Michael Snyder It has become glaringly obvious that we are way too dependent on our computers. The “largest IT outage in history” has thrown the entire…
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,…
Summer canceled? Rising cost of living forcing many to reconsider spending on fun
By Chris Melore Summer is here, but the fun may be over before it even starts! Nearly nine in 10 Americans have seen their cost…