Cybersecurity
The Smartphone Fingerprint Scanner Gets a Heat-Sensing Upgrade
A new way to determine if it's actually you trying to access your phone.
Artificial Intelligence
Tech Companies Just Woke Up to a Big Problem With Their AI
AI and facial recognition are colliding in an alarming way.
Emerging Tech
CEO of a Facial Recognition Company: The Tech is Too Volatile to Give to Law Enforcement
A malfunction could mean wrongful identification of an innocent person.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Customs Expects Face Scanning to Speed Up Security at Florida Airport
Using Homeland Security’s biometric program, one airport is increasing security while shortening lines.
Digital Government
Facial Recognition Is Here to Stay. And We Should All Probably Accept It
The public can still push for transparency and pressure for ethical guidelines to be set in place.
Artificial Intelligence
Eyes Closed in Photos? Facebook AI Can 'Open' Them
The AI can paint new eyes over your blinking ones.
Cybersecurity
Data gap in immigration systems could keep families separated
If the just-suspended border separation policy is ever resumed, officials may have to confront the fact that disparate immigration systems are not equipped to handle the reunification of separated families.
Artificial Intelligence
A County Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Worried About Giving Off “A Big Brother Vibe”
The county has reportedly used the facial recognition tools about 20 times per day.
Digital Government
Digital Time-Tracking Systems Are Draining Worker Pay
Making sure that people are compensated for the time they’ve worked is an issue of fairness.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Has a Big Plan to Solve Identity Verification in Two Years
The plan grew out of efforts to modernize the Defense Department’s ID cards.
Digital Government
U.K. Facial Recognition Software Used By Police Highly Inaccurate, Report Finds
The software returned incorrect matches 98% of the time.
Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Meetings Could Include Facial Recognition and AI
Microsoft's new prototype device can track everything you say in a meeting.
Emerging Tech
Singapore Airport To Use Facial Recognition To Track Lost and Late Travelers
Smile, you're on Changi Camera!
Emerging Tech
U.S. Army Figures Out How To Do Facial Recognition in the Dark
New method uses machine learning to extrapolate features from thermal images.
Cybersecurity
The Homeland Security Department Just Hired a UK Firm of 20 People to Help With Border Security
iProov will roll out its biometric facial verification technology to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Emerging Tech
Report: Men Are More Comfortable Giving Up Biometric Data Than Women Are
Women are more than twice as likely as men to say they don’t want the government collecting any of their biometric information.
Emerging Tech
What Are You Looking At? Social Security Wants To Know
The agency is looking for eye-tracking technologies to improve the user experience on its websites.
Emerging Tech
Government Seeks Biometric Tech That Doesn’t Need People To Scan Fingerprints
New technology suggests automated machines might be the ones scanning your fingerprints from surfaces in the near future.
Digital Government
After Faces, China Is Moving Quickly to Identify People By Their Voices
China’s digitally-connected population has enabled the government to track people in many forms.
Digital Government
Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Scanning Fans With Facial Recognition
The arena matches faces to a database to identify individuals and determine if they are “considered a problem.”
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