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 Modernization Act would itself be an expansion of the “biometric exit” program already in use at some international terminals. It seems eminently foreseeable that the Trump administration would jump to add a face recognition surveillance system to its anti-immigrant arsenal. If Congress gives its blessing for DHS to develop a real time face recognition surveillance system, pretty soon it will be your mug being scanned in public.

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Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers’ privacy and civil liberties. “This technology poses significant threats to our privacy and civil liberties, and Congress should prohibit TSA’s development and deployment of facial recognition tools until rigorous congressional oversight …

Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in US
1 year ago

Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in US

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas. It is not clear exactly when the change took effect, but several migrants with flights out of South Texas on Tuesday told advocacy …

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 …

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  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy …

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology
1 year, 6 months ago

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Silkie Carlo, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: “It’s disturbing and deeply …

UK police forces could roll out facial recognition cameras using AI
1 year, 10 months ago

UK police forces could roll out facial recognition cameras using AI

Daily Mail  

Police forces across the country could soon be rolling out facial recognition cameras despite fears it could lead to widespread surveillance. The King’s coronation earlier this month saw the largest deployment of AI policing technology in ‘world history’, Professor Fraser Sampson said Official figures have revealed an estimated 68,000 royal fan’s faces were scanned across the day - but only …

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 …

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 …

As UK cracks down on protests, surveillance tech market grows
3 years, 5 months ago

As UK cracks down on protests, surveillance tech market grows

Al Jazeera  

From mobile phone trackers to facial recognition software, a range of spying tools were on sale at a recent London exhibition. London, United Kingdom – “First we pick up that there’s a planned protest,” said Barry Millet, an information security manager at Mitie, as he pointed at a computer screen streaming a small protest. “One hour of CCTV video from …

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 Airport Introduces Iris Scanners to Verify Passenger Identification, Reduce Human Interaction
4 years ago

Dubai Airport Introduces Iris Scanners to Verify Passenger Identification, Reduce Human Interaction

News 18  

Dubais airport, the worlds busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. But Dubai’s iris scan improves on the more commonplace automated gates seen elsewhere, authorities said, connecting the iris data to the country’s facial recognition databases so the passenger needs no …

At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports
4 years ago

At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports

The Independent  

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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 …

Can a Police Drone Recognize Your Face?
55 years, 2 months ago

Can a Police Drone Recognize Your Face?

Slate  

Since the death of George Floyd on May 25, Americans have taken to the streets to peacefully protest in unprecedented numbers, calling for an end to our national culture of racism and police brutality. On May 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection even flew a large military Predator drone 20,000 feet over protests in Minneapolis, allegedly at the request of …

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country
4 years, 9 months ago

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country

ABC  

When Lauren Dry heard last year that facial recognition cameras were being trialled in the suburb of East Perth, she thought it was a joke. Key points: Facial recognition technology is slowly being trialled around the country A privacy expert says there are serious questions about the efficacy of facial recognition software One resident says councils and government are walking …

London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects
5 years, 1 month ago

London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects

Wired  

There will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence. London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday that it will deploy facial recognition technology to find wanted criminals and missing persons. Seeing a major police force in a Western democracy embrace facial recognition may only embolden more repressive regimes elsewhere in the world, says Silkie Carlo, director of …

London will use live facial recognition cameras to police the city
5 years, 1 month ago

London will use live facial recognition cameras to police the city

CNN  

London CNN Business — London’s Metropolitan Police has announced controversial plans to use live facial recognition technology to improve officers’ ability to identify suspects and police the British capital. The decision follows an October investigation into live facial recognition technology by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, which raised serious concerns over privacy and accuracy. In the United States, some California …

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally
5 years, 2 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, 2 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 …

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 …

Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
5 years, 3 months ago

Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech

Associated Press  

— Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox. “It would only lead to more racial discrimination and racial profiling,” he said, citing studies that found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify women and people with darker skin tones. Axon, …

DHS may require US citizens be photographed at airports
5 years, 3 months ago

DHS may require US citizens be photographed at airports

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Federal officials are considering requiring that all travelers — including American citizens — be photographed as they enter or leave the country as part of an identification system using facial-recognition technology. American citizens are allowed to opt out of being photographed, although a 2017 audit by a federal watchdog agency found that few U.S. travelers exercised that right …

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 …

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 …

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again
5 years, 6 months ago

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again

Wired  

WIRED The fight over the future of facial recognition is heating up. A coalition of 30 civil society organisations, representing over 15 million members combined, is calling for a federal ban on the use of facial recognition by US law enforcement. If strict regulation is brought in to govern the use of facial recognition, it is possible we may simply …

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?
55 years, 2 months ago

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?

Wired  

The accuracy of facial-recognition algorithms has improved significantly in the past few years. Keep Reading The latest on artificial intelligence, from machine learning to computer vision and more Civil rights groups and US government studies suggest the technology is often less accurate for women and people with darker skin tones. Three US cities, including San Francisco, recently blocked their agencies …

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy
5 years, 8 months ago

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Wired  

The announcement came as we began to board. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. The facial recognition plan in US airports is built around the Customs and Border Protection Biometric Exit Program, which utilizes face-scanning technology to verify a traveler’s identity. This rapid …

Surveillance in the UK rose significantly under Theresa May's premiership
5 years, 9 months ago

Surveillance in the UK rose significantly under Theresa May's premiership

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The majority of the legislation that …

Prison visitors to have faces and irises scanned as government targets drug smuggling
6 years ago

Prison visitors to have faces and irises scanned as government targets drug smuggling

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But prison officers said technology could “only do so much”, and civil liberty campaigners …

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited
6 years, 1 month ago

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our new research into the legal challenges posed by police use of facial recognition technology …

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  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The main …

Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants
6 years, 5 months ago

Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants

LA Times  

Washington Post Amazon.com Inc. pitched its facial-recognition system in the summer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as a way for the agency to target or identify immigrants, a move that could shove the tech giant further into a growing debate over the technology industry’s work with the government. An Amazon Web Service official specializing in federal sales contracts, whose …

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 …

Police accused of deploying facial recognition 'by stealth' in London
6 years, 7 months ago

Police accused of deploying facial recognition 'by stealth' in London

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “A lot of the goals of the day seemed …

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 …

Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition
6 years, 10 months ago

Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition

NPR  

Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition Enlarge this image toggle caption Amazon Web Services Korea via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR Amazon Web Services Korea via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR Updated at 4:35 p.m. In a written statement, the Orlando Police Department called the Amazon facial recognition system a "pilot program" and said it "will be used in accordance with current and …

Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It?
6 years, 10 months ago

Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It?

NPR  

Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It? China recently announced real-time facial recognition covering "16 provinces, cities and autonomous regions," and similar systems are being tried in Russia, India and even the United Kingdom. He's a kind of privacy ombudsman, and he worries that British police are running "trials" of real-time facial recognition before elected officials …

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 …

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports
7 years ago

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports

NPR  

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports Enlarge this image toggle caption Brian Naylor/NPR Brian Naylor/NPR The use of facial scanning is becoming commonplace — maybe you've heard of the new iPhone? toggle caption Brian Naylor/NPR CBP is testing biometric scanning at a dozen or so U.S. international airports to ensure that people leaving the country are who they say …

There Is No Good Reason for the Government to Scan People’s Faces as They Leave the Country
7 years, 1 month ago

There Is No Good Reason for the Government to Scan People’s Faces as They Leave the Country

Slate  

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security briefed privacy advocates in San Francisco concerning its misguided plan to subject all international travelers to face scans at airports. DHS officials say airport face scans are necessary to detect immigrants trying to cheat the visa overstay tracking system by using someone else’s ID when they leave. According to the Government Accountability Office, …

Facial recognition: Feature creep may impose government's software in our lives, expert warns
7 years, 5 months ago

Facial recognition: Feature creep may impose government's software in our lives, expert warns

ABC  

Instant facial recognition software used for counter-terrorism could be used on the general public one day if the rules around the use of the software keep changing, a surveillance expert warns. The territory's Attorney-General, Gordon Ramsay, said the ACT Government would continue negotiations on the biometric capability of the facial recognition software, known as The Capability, which matches faces from …

Apple’s FaceID Could Be a Powerful Tool for Mass Spying
7 years, 6 months ago

Apple’s FaceID Could Be a Powerful Tool for Mass Spying

Wired  

This Tuesday Apple unveiled a new line of phones to much fanfare, but one feature immediately fell under scrutiny: FaceID, a tool that would use facial recognition to identify individuals and unlock their phones. For the first time, a company will have a unified single facial recognition system built into the world's most popular devices---the hardware necessary to scan and …

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 …

DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights
7 years, 9 months ago

DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights

Slate  

Air travel already features some attributes of a police state. For certain international flights from Atlanta and New York, DHS has partnered with Delta to bring mandatory face recognition scans to the boarding gate. Well, think of what could happen when DHS’s airport face recognition systems misfire. What’s even worse is there is good reason to think Homeland Security’s face …

Privacy concerns over facial recognition systems
13 years, 7 months ago

Privacy concerns over facial recognition systems

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. She says she is concerned that governments and police are increasingly using facial recognition software without clearly defined policies. China's official news agency Xinhua says the British government has "recognized that a balance needs to be struck between freedom and the monitoring of social media tools." The American Civil Liberties Union of …

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