Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet

LA Times  

Delta Air Lines allows passengers to use facial recognition cameras to confirm their identity at an LAX boarding gate in 2019. Signing in via face or fingerprint recognition saves us from memorizing yet another password, and can reduce the risks of hacking and phishing — when online attackers trick users into handing over their passwords. Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometrics program uses FIDO authentication technology to let users log onto devices with a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. In 2019, a breach of biometrics maintained by a security company exposed the data of 1 million people whose companies used fingerprints and facial recognition to provide access to offices and other facilities. Consider U.S. border patrol’s collaboration in facial screening at airports: More biometrics will create more data that can be screened by authorities, who have thinly regulated access to facial recognition technology.

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Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit
9 months, 1 week ago

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit

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. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition startup Clearview AI …

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit
9 months, 1 week ago

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that attorneys estimate could be worth more than $50 million. “Clearview AI is pleased to have reached an agreement in this class action settlement,” James Thompson, an attorney representing the company …

Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
10 months, 3 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 …

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 …

Here Are the Stadiums That Are Keeping Track of Your Face
2 years ago

Here Are the Stadiums That Are Keeping Track of Your Face

Slate  

“Your face is your ticket,” goes the motto of A.I. ● BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, which began using facial recognition technology for entry into training facilities but wants to “move everything to face.” ● The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, which used facial recognition on 30,000 attendees without their knowledge in 2020. Christian Lau, chief technology officer of the …

Apple wins U.S. biometric case over customer Touch ID and Face ID
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple wins U.S. biometric case over customer Touch ID and Face ID

The Hindu  

iPhone maker Apple has won a case regarding its use of the Touch ID and Face ID features which let customers unlock their iPhones using their biometric data, according to Bloomberg Law and tech outlet Biometric Update. Late in 2022, the Illinois First District Appellate Court decided that Apple did not violate the state’s biometrics law, the Illinois Biometrics Information …

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. …

Apple prohibits manufacturers from collecting facial scans, biometric data of employees
4 years ago

Apple prohibits manufacturers from collecting facial scans, biometric data of employees

India Today  

Apple has introduced new guidelines for its employees all over the world that prohibit manufacturing partners and suppliers to collect biometric data from Apple employees. According to online reports, Apple has prohibited its manufacturing partners from collecting biometric data such as fingerprints or facial scans of Apple employees who visit their facilities. The new rules, however, do not apply to …

Facial recognition company sued by California activists
4 years ago

Facial recognition company sued by California activists

Associated Press  

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission. The lawsuit says the company has built “the most dangerous” facial recognition database in the nation, has fielded requests …

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent

News 18  

Facebook and use data privacy really don’t seem to go hand in hand. In a new lawsuit filed in a state court in Redwood City, California, it is alleged that Facebook stored biometric data, such as from photo tags on the social network, without consent from as many as 100 million Instagram users. Instagram doesn’t use face recognition technology,” said …

US judge rules police cannot force suspects to unlock their phones using biometrics
6 years, 2 months ago

US judge rules police cannot force suspects to unlock their phones using biometrics

Firstpost  

This judgement overrides previous rulings where US judges had given authorities permission to force people to unlock Apple iPhone using biometric data At a time when the Indian authorities are mulling over opening up encryption to law enforcement agencies, a judge in the US has ruled that cops cannot use force to make you unlock your devices. In what is …

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 …

Privacy vs Security – The Big Dilemma Over Facial Recognition
6 years, 11 months ago

Privacy vs Security – The Big Dilemma Over Facial Recognition

The Quint  

Let us also consider the privacy issues that are raised here. User privacy is of utmost importance; by collecting large databases of faces, we need to make sure that the people to whom these faces belong, are aware of and amenable to this usage. For example, Illinois and Texas – two states in the USA – have enforced the Biometric …

One billion smartphones to have facial recognition as the standard authentication method by 2020: Report
7 years, 1 month ago

One billion smartphones to have facial recognition as the standard authentication method by 2020: Report

Firstpost  

Counterpoint’s Component Tracker estimated that more than a billion smartphones sporting fingerprint sensors will be shipped in 2018. Facial recognition technology from Apple and Samsung will prompt other manufacturers to include the feature in their devices, a report said on Thursday, adding that one billion smartphones will have some form of a face unlock solution in 2020. According to a …

Q&A: How Apple’s Face ID facial recognition works
7 years, 6 months ago

Q&A: How Apple’s Face ID facial recognition works

Associated Press  

In mid-September, Apple unveiled its new Face ID facial recognition system, which is due to debut with the iPhone X on Nov. 3. Apple then compares that information to images you took while setting up Face ID; that comparison is done using a “neural network” that lives on the iPhone X’s new A11 chip. It didn’t during Apple’s Sept. 12 …

iPhone X's Face ID Inspires Privacy Worries — But Convenience May Trump Them
7 years, 6 months ago

iPhone X's Face ID Inspires Privacy Worries — But Convenience May Trump Them

NPR  

iPhone X's Face ID Inspires Privacy Worries — But Convenience May Trump Them Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP A feature of Apple's new high end iPhone X called Face ID — the phone will unlock when you look at it, or rather when it looks at you — has got privacy advocates nervous. "What …

Facebook defends its right to use your photos amid privacy concerns
8 years, 5 months ago

Facebook defends its right to use your photos amid privacy concerns

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. Courts have struggled over what qualifies as an injury to pursue a privacy case in lawsuits accusing Facebook and Google of siphoning users’ personal information from e-mails and monitoring their web browsing habits. This year, the US Supreme Court set a “concrete injury” standard for …

Apple Patent Application Hints at Future Beyond Swipe to Unlock
12 years, 1 month ago

Apple Patent Application Hints at Future Beyond Swipe to Unlock

Wired  

A new patent application suggests Apple's prized PIN-based unlock screen could get augmented by a more secure, more creative unlocking solution in future generations of the company's mobile OS. Image: US PTO Apple's patent application, number 20130036461, covers an image-based authentication method for a mobile device. The solution, while perhaps not the most elegant thing Apple's come up with, would …

Apple Patent Describes New Type of Face-Recognition Tech
13 years, 2 months ago

Apple Patent Describes New Type of Face-Recognition Tech

Wired  

Swipe to unlock could be a thing of the past for next-gen iOS devices. As described in a recently discovered patent, Apple's method would sense when a user is approaching the device -- for example, if it's seated in a dock, and the user walks toward it. Apple's method would use a "weighted difference" map instead of a computationally "expensive" …

Facebook faces fresh privacy complaints over facial recognition
13 years, 7 months ago

Facebook faces fresh privacy complaints over facial recognition

Firstpost  

Concerns about Facebook’s facial recognition technology are not just about the nuances of opt-in versus opt-out or the saving of sensitive biometric data by the company. It denies the accusations, saying:“We will consider the points the Hamburg Data Protection Authority have made about the ‘photo tag suggest’ feature but firmly reject any claim that we are not meeting our obligations …

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