Facial recognition helps arrest man with fake French passport entering the US
6 years, 6 months ago

Facial recognition helps arrest man with fake French passport entering the US

Firstpost  

Facial recognition has been growing for law enforcement, border control as concerns rise on privacy. Facial recognition technology was credited with the arrest this week of a man attempting to use a fake passport to enter the United States at Washington’s Dulles airport, officials said. Officials said that on the third day of deployment of the new technology, border agents were able to determine that the man was using a fake French passport. US Customs and Border Protection, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said Dulles is one of 14 “early adopter airports” using facial recognition technology for the entry process and began deploying it 20 August. On 22 August, a 26-year-old man travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil sought to enter with a French passport but the facial comparison biometric system determined he was not a match to the passport he presented.

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The Battle for Biometric Privacy
1 year, 2 months ago

The Battle for Biometric Privacy

Wired  

In 2024, increased adoption of biometric surveillance systems, such as the use of AI-powered facial recognition in public places and access to government services, will spur biometric identity theft and anti-surveillance innovations. Individuals aiming to steal biometric identities to commit fraud or gain access to unauthorized data will be bolstered by generative AI tools and the abundance of face and …

New Orleans facial recognition tool mostly used against Black suspects
1 year, 4 months ago

New Orleans facial recognition tool mostly used against Black suspects

The Independent  

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MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban
1 year, 5 months ago

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban

The Independent  

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TSA is testing facial recognition at more airports, raising privacy concerns
1 year, 10 months ago

TSA is testing facial recognition at more airports, raising privacy concerns

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. In a February letter to TSA, five senators — four Democrats and an Independent who is part of the Democratic caucus — demanded the agency stop the program, saying: “Increasing biometric surveillance of …

The IRS’s Abandoned Facial Recognition Is Just the Tip of a Harmful Biometric Iceberg
55 years, 2 months ago

The IRS’s Abandoned Facial Recognition Is Just the Tip of a Harmful Biometric Iceberg

Slate  

All it took was public outrage, a widespread campaign, and political condemnation for the IRS to reverse its plans to require facial recognition for access to certain online services. California’s Employment Development Department was the first to introduce ID.me facial verification services in November 2020, and over half of states have contracted with the company to verify unemployed applicants’ identities. …

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 …

Facial Verification Won't Fight Fraud
3 years, 9 months ago

Facial Verification Won't Fight Fraud

Wired  

With the US economy just starting to recover from Covid-19 and millions still out of work, Congress authorized expanded unemployment benefits that supplement state assistance programs. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Albert Fox Cahn is the founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York–based civil rights and privacy group, and a visiting fellow at Yale Law School’s …

States push back against use of facial recognition by police
3 years, 10 months ago

States push back against use of facial recognition by police

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button. “It’s one of those rare issues that’s seen bipartisan support, in that nobody wants to be tracked …

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt
3 years, 11 months ago

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt

Huff Post  

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost At 19, Matthew Jason Beddingfield was charged with first-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting another teenager in the head in the parking lot of a North Carolina Walmart. Like other law enforcement agencies across the country, the FBI uses facial recognition technology, though it says it follows a set of policies and best practices to ensure “public …

Dubai to Introduce Facial Recognition on Public Transport to Beef Up Security
4 years, 4 months ago

Dubai to Introduce Facial Recognition on Public Transport to Beef Up Security

News 18  

Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition. Earlier this week, under the watch of Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the city’s police used facial recognition in a simulated scenario to identify gunmen launching an attack on a metro …

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds
5 years, 3 months ago

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — Federal researchers have found widespread evidence of racial bias in nearly 200 facial recognition algorithms in an extensive government study, highlighting the technology’s shortcomings and potential for misuse. Portland, Oregon could go further: It is currently weighing a complete facial recognition ban not just for local government, but for private companies as well. On the …

How facial recognition is taking over airports
5 years, 5 months ago

How facial recognition is taking over airports

CNN  

CNN — Instead of scanning her boarding pass, the airport gate scanned her face. “We see facial recognition as a uniquely dangerous form of surveillance technology,” Evan Greer, deputy director at Fight for the Future, tells CNN Travel. The organization also expresses concern that airport-based facial recognition will target undocumented people traveling domestically within the United States – and echos …

Facial recognition may be in its infancy but soon enough it will raise difficult questions for us all
6 years, 3 months ago

Facial recognition may be in its infancy but soon enough it will raise difficult questions for us all

The Independent  

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Shanghai airport launches China’s first security clearance system using facial recognition
6 years, 5 months ago

Shanghai airport launches China’s first security clearance system using facial recognition

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is China’s first to launch an automated security clearance system using facial …

New facial recognition technology caught 'imposter' using someone else's passport, US officials say
6 years, 6 months ago

New facial recognition technology caught 'imposter' using someone else's passport, US officials say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new facial recognition technology caught a man trying to enter the US …

As use of facial recognition by law enforcement grows, so do privacy fears
6 years, 8 months ago

As use of facial recognition by law enforcement grows, so do privacy fears

Firstpost  

Facial recognition is playing a bigger role in law enforcement and border security around the world. A growing fear for civil liberties activists is that law enforcement will deploy facial recognition in “real time” through drones, body cameras and dash cams. Clare Garvie, lead author of the 2016 Georgetown study, said that in the past two years, “facial recognition has …

HOW DOES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY WORK?
6 years, 10 months ago

HOW DOES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY WORK?

Daily Mail  

Experts believe that facial recognition technology will soon overtake fingerprint technology as the most effective way to identify people. Police in Washington are running suspect sketches through Amazon's controversial facial recognition software, report reveals In a previously undocumented use of facial recognition software, police in Washington state are using Amazon's 'Rekognition' to track down. California bans cops from using facial …

Chinese authorities use facial recognition, public shaming to crack down on jaywalking, criminals
7 years ago

Chinese authorities use facial recognition, public shaming to crack down on jaywalking, criminals

ABC  

In the southern city of Shenzhen, Chinese authorities have launched a new surveillance system loaded with facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and a big database to crack down on jaywalking as well as other crimes. According to Chinese state media, once someone has been recorded into the system, jaywalking and other petty crimes also potentially damage one's score in the country's …

Airport Face Scans Could Be a Dry Run for a National Surveillance System
7 years, 5 months ago

Airport Face Scans Could Be a Dry Run for a National Surveillance System

Slate  

Sixteen years after Sept. 11, we’re all well-aware that in order to go through security at an American airport, we will have to use a driver’s license or passport to identify ourselves. There’s no reason to trust the government to limit real time face recognition surveillance to airports, either. In fact, the airport-wide face scanning program foreshadowed by the TSA …

Face scan for US citizens boarding international flights likely to create privacy issues
7 years, 8 months ago

Face scan for US citizens boarding international flights likely to create privacy issues

Firstpost  

If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call a step toward a surveillance state. It says it won’t keep the face scans of U.S. citizens, but privacy advocates are skeptical and say Homeland Security is overstepping its authority. Privacy advocates say making the …

Hoax facial recognition app Facezam identifies strangers
8 years ago

Hoax facial recognition app Facezam identifies strangers

Daily Mail  

A fake facial recognition app that claimed smartphone users would soon be able to identify complete strangers has turned out to be a publicity stunt. Scroll down for video The Facezam app, which has now been revealed to be a hoax, claimed it could scan millions of Facebook profile images in a matter of seconds WHAT DID THEY CLAIM? The …

Why can't you smile in your passport photo? It's no laughing matter
8 years, 5 months ago

Why can't you smile in your passport photo? It's no laughing matter

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Twelve years ago, the French were laughing on the other side of their faces when they gleefully reported the British …

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