Madhya Pradesh likely to introduce DigiPass, a DigiYatra-like system for Government Offices
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh likely to introduce DigiPass, a DigiYatra-like system for Government Offices

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh government is working to develop a DigiYatra-like system called DigiPass, that aims to make interactions between the general public and government institutions. As with DigiYatra, privacy advocates fear that this is yet another way to collect and sell data In a significant development, the government of Madhya Pradesh is planning to implement a program similar to the DigiYatra programme, which will be called the DigiPass. This idea is that just like DigiYatra made accessing airports across the country and checking in a lot easier, the DigiPass programme should be able to optimise administrative procedures and therefore enhance overall efficiency within government ministries and offices. The use of facial recognition technology in airports raises uncertainties regarding the potential compromise of personal data, and there isn’t a straightforward answer to these concerns.

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Airport snarls
2 years, 3 months ago

Airport snarls

Live Mint  

When the government unveiled DigiYatra earlier this month, many fliers expected smoother flight experiences thanks to this app that uses facial recognition technology to grant users entry to airports. But passengers at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport have been in for a rude shock, with huge crowds and painfully long queues to contend with. A shortage of security staff has …

DigiYatra launched at three airports for face scan entry
2 years, 3 months ago

DigiYatra launched at three airports for face scan entry

Hindustan Times  

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday launched the first phase of the Centre’s ambitious DigiYatra facility for three airports where entry and boarding will be made more seamless with the use of a facial recognition system. New Delhi: Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia addresses the media after the launch of DigiYatra facility at Terminal 3 of …

India launches facial recognition-based entry at airports: All you need to know
2 years, 3 months ago

India launches facial recognition-based entry at airports: All you need to know

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday, 1 December, launched Digi Yatra for New Delhi, Varanasi and Bengaluru airports for a seamless and hassle-free air travel experience. Digi Yatra is conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports based on Facial Recognition Technology. With this tech at the airports, passengers would merely have to pass through …

How Facial Recognition At Bihar ULB Polls Will Work
2 years, 6 months ago

How Facial Recognition At Bihar ULB Polls Will Work

News 18  

A few years after the Telangana government decided to deploy a small-scale facial recognition system in an urban local body election to test its features, the Bihar government is gearing up to use the technology full-scale for its upcoming local body polls. While making the case for the need of such a system in the document, the Bihar government termed …

Telangana Minister KTR Calls for Greater Transparency in Govt's Use of Facial Technology
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Minister KTR Calls for Greater Transparency in Govt's Use of Facial Technology

News 18  

Telangana’s Information Technology minister KT Rama Rao said one of the most difficult challenges in using technologies like facial recognition in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence is gaining citizens’ trust that the government uses such data in an unbiased manner. It should be noted that European Commission banned facial recognition technology in public settings for up to five years in 2020 …

Explained | Facial recognition tech in Indian airports
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Facial recognition tech in Indian airports

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh, said four airports in the country will soon have facial recognition technology -based boarding system for passengers. Digi Yatra initiative aims to make air travel paperless and hassle-free in the country, and proposes to simplify passenger-related processes at various check points at the airport by using …

These 4 airports in India will have facial recognition tech by March next year
3 years, 3 months ago

These 4 airports in India will have facial recognition tech by March next year

Hindustan Times  

Facial Recognition Technology has not yet been introduced at any of the airports in India, replied Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation General V K Singh to a question in Lok Sabha on Thursday. However, the Airports Authority of India is working on a project of FRT-based Biometric Boarding System as part of the first phase of …

The ugly face of a crime-fighting move
3 years, 7 months ago

The ugly face of a crime-fighting move

The Hindu  

In the monsoon session of Parliament, no meaningful debate could take place due to the controversy over Pegasus, the spyware. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States uses facial recognition technology for potential investigative leads; police forces in England use facial recognition to tackle serious violence. Impact on rights From a technical angle, facial recognition technology can be …

Facial recognition technology: law yet to catch up
4 years, 2 months ago

Facial recognition technology: law yet to catch up

The Hindu  

There are currently 16 different facial recognition tracking systems in active utilisation by various Central and State governments across India for surveillance, security or authentication of identity. Another problem that may arise is of mass surveillance, wherein the police are using the FRT system during protest,” Ms. Jain said. If a ‘false negative’ occurs when the government is using the …

Facial Recognition Identified 1,100 Delhi Rioters, Says HM Amit Shah: How it Works
5 years ago

Facial Recognition Identified 1,100 Delhi Rioters, Says HM Amit Shah: How it Works

News 18  

Earlier today, Home Minister Amit Shah stated that facial recognition technology is being used extensively to identify and arrest perpetrators of violence and riots that have shaken up Delhi over the past few weeks. Out of these, 300 people came from UP to carry out violence.” The technology that India’s Home Minister is referring to is known as Advanced Facial …

Now, Indian Railways announces plan to screen travellers with face recognition, sparks privacy concerns
5 years, 2 months ago

Now, Indian Railways announces plan to screen travellers with face recognition, sparks privacy concerns

India Today  

At a time when privacy is under grievous threat, Indian Railways have divulged their plans to install face recognition systems for better surveillance in major railway stations by the end of 2020 to fight crime. The Indian Railways will install various cameras such as the dome type, bullet type, pan tilt zoom type and ultra HD-4k cameras to get a …

If You Thought Facial Recognition is a Privacy Nightmare, it is Only Going to Get Worse in India
5 years, 2 months ago

If You Thought Facial Recognition is a Privacy Nightmare, it is Only Going to Get Worse in India

News 18  

In recent times, the use of facial recognition tools by the Delhi Police has come to light. While Wig identified Defence Research and Development Organisation, India’s state-backed military research arm, as one of his clients for the facial recognition software, he refrained from naming other clients that have also sourced the tool from him. However, he broadly classified them as …

India’s Telangana to test facial recognition in local elections
5 years, 2 months ago

India’s Telangana to test facial recognition in local elections

Al Jazeera  

Software to be used to verify voters in 10 polling stations in Telangana state despite growing concerns about privacy. The southern Indian state of Telangana will use facial recognition software in local elections on Wednesday, authorities said, the first such use of the technology in the country despite growing concerns about privacy and surveillance. Facial recognition software will be used …

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally
5 years, 3 months ago

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally

Al Jazeera  

In a first, Delhi Police use facial recognition software to screen crowds at Modi rally, raising surveillance concerns. Police in the Indian capital of New Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally – a first for India – raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amid nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. The …

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally
5 years, 3 months ago

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally

Al Jazeera  

In a first, Delhi Police use facial recognition software to screen crowds at Modi rally, raising surveillance concerns. Police in the Indian capital of New Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally – a first for India – raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amid nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. The …

India's facial recognition project's bidding deadline extended to Jan 2020; IFF awaiting NCRB's response on matter
5 years, 4 months ago

India's facial recognition project's bidding deadline extended to Jan 2020; IFF awaiting NCRB's response on matter

Firstpost  

The NCRB defended the facial recognition system saying that it will be used to identify missing people. The National Crime Record Bureau had sent out a Request for Proposal document to bidders or solution providers that could possibly implement a National Automated Facial Recognition System. It further mentioned that it will allow access to “any other image database available with …

World's biggest face recognition system arrives in India next month
5 years, 5 months ago

World's biggest face recognition system arrives in India next month

India TV News  

With the tender submission date to procure the National Automated Facial Recognition System just 20 days away, India is closer to install worlds largest facial recognition system to track and nab criminals. In April last year, Delhi Police identifed almost 3,000 missing children in just four days during a trial of a facial recognition system. Given the potential for abuse …

Facial recognition technology — is India ready for it?
5 years, 6 months ago

Facial recognition technology — is India ready for it?

The Hindu  

This is a blog post from Now that The Great Hack has been out for a while, it is time to ask — if someone tells you that a digital representation of your face could be used to gain access to your phone without your consent — or, even worse, as evidence against you in a criminal case — would …

Experts point to flaws in 'Digiyatra' system
6 years, 5 months ago

Experts point to flaws in 'Digiyatra' system

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ignoring the lessons of privacy infringement that arose in the Aadhaar case, the Civil Aviation Ministry wants to create the Digiyatra profiling system through ‘Digiyatra ID’ for flyers from Hyderabad and Bengaluru by February 2019. The voluntary ‘Digiyatra’ electronic identification uses electronic facial recognition to promise a flying experience that is seamless and secure. Kiran Chandra, general secretary of …

UIDAI mandates facial recognition for Aadhaar authentication as added security
6 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI mandates facial recognition for Aadhaar authentication as added security

Firstpost  

The Unique Identification Authority of India is scheduled to roll out a new facial recognition system on 15 September, as an additional mode of authentication. And now, the authority has mandated the facial recognition features for every authentication that requires Aadhaar. According to a report by Times of India, services like buying a new mobile SIM, authentication at banks or …

Varanasi airport to get facial recognition security system under DigiYatra scheme
6 years, 9 months ago

Varanasi airport to get facial recognition security system under DigiYatra scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi will soon become the first airport in the country to have an automated smart facial recognition system, ensuring hassle-free movement of travellers from entry to boarding points. Varanasi is among three airports selected under the Prime Minister’s DigiYatra Scheme for availing of the facial recognition security system. Automated walkthrough security scanners equipped …

Andhra Pradesh police to use facial recognition technology to track criminals
8 years, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh police to use facial recognition technology to track criminals

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP police initiated a new software technology to track the movements of criminals: facial recognition technology, popular in Western countries, is going to help the AP police, who will use it with some more innovative additions. Depending on the software being used, facial recognition programmes can be as accurate at recognising faces as human beings, a police officer …

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