If You Thought Facial Recognition is a Privacy Nightmare, it is Only Going to Get Worse in India
4 years, 11 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 “financial fraud investigation agencies, corporate organisations and also law enforcement agencies.” Context and global precedent News regarding the use of facial recognition software truly came into the limelight right after PM Modi’s Ramlila Maidan rally on December 22. INNEFU’s Wig states that his company had received Delhi Police’s mandate after it had floated a tender to acquire facial recognition software to identify missing children. What India calls for today are data privacy regulations, clearer rights to information, and the ability to protect personal details — even as administrative use of facial recognition continue to rise across the world.

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The legal gaps in India’s unregulated AI surveillance
3 weeks, 3 days ago

The legal gaps in India’s unregulated AI surveillance

The Hindu  

In 2019, the Indian government made headlines by announcing its intention to create the world’s largest facial recognition system for policing. The use of AI for surveillance has global parallels, often resulting in “dragnet surveillance”, a term that refers to indiscriminate data collection beyond just suspects or criminals. This article explores the legal frameworks, gaps, and concerns surrounding AI surveillance …

More than 50 sex offenders arrested using new facial recognition technology
1 month ago

More than 50 sex offenders arrested using new facial recognition technology

Hindustan Times  

More than 50 sex offenders found to be in breach of court orders have been tracked down by Metropolitan Police using facial recognition technology. The new technology has been used to arrest people wanted for criminal offences ranging from theft to rape across London. Additionally, 50 people wanted for allegedly serious offences against women including stalking, domestic abuse, rape and …

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

China Daily  

As the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit unfolds in Wuzhen, a water town in East China's Zhejiang province, from November 19 to 22, with artificial intelligence as its centerpiece, the broader implications of emerging technologies, including facial recognition devices, demand attention. Given the grave threat the pandemic posed to people's health and life, the installation of facial recognition devices …

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

China Daily  

As the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit unfolds in Wuzhen, a water town in East China's Zhejiang province, from November 19 to 22, with artificial intelligence as its centerpiece, the broader implications of emerging technologies, including facial recognition devices, demand attention. Given the grave threat the pandemic posed to people's health and life, the installation of facial recognition devices …

Meta to scan people’s faces to check whether they are AI
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta to scan people’s faces to check whether they are AI

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 Meta will use facial recognition technology to help people check whether they are …

UPSC to use Face ID, AI to stop cheating
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UPSC to use Face ID, AI to stop cheating

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid alleged irregularities in NEET and NET exams, the Union Public Service Commission has decided to implement facial recognition and Artificial Intelligence -based CCTV surveillance systems to prevent cheating and impersonation in its various tests. The UPSC has recently issued a tender inviting bids from experienced public sector undertakings to develop two technological solutions: “Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication and …

Tracking criminals: NATGARID now boasts over 100 crore facial data entries
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tracking criminals: NATGARID now boasts over 100 crore facial data entries

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has made a big leap forward in tracking “illegal activities” by individuals, as the National Intelligence Grid now has the largest facial data with more than 100 crore entries, officials said. The officials said with this the NATGRID has facial data of around 80 per cent of India’s population and the same …

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software
1 year, 2 months ago

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

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. Policing minister Chris …

Madhya Pradesh likely to introduce DigiPass, a DigiYatra-like system for Government Offices
1 year, 3 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 …

Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance
2 years ago

Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, from Beijing to Jerusalem …

Facial recognition system of Tamil Nadu police stirs privacy row
2 years, 1 month ago

Facial recognition system of Tamil Nadu police stirs privacy row

Hindustan Times  

The facial recognition system which chief minister M K Stalin launched last year for police to identify criminals has stirred a controversy after a Chennai motorist tweeted about being checked at night, sparking concerns over collecting personal data and the right to privacy. !” To this the verified handle of the Greater Chennai Police responded: “Facial recognition system is being …

How Facial Recognition At Bihar ULB Polls Will Work
2 years, 3 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 …

Unproven, unregulated, facial recognition tech creeping in
2 years, 4 months ago

Unproven, unregulated, facial recognition tech creeping in

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Facial recognition technology, a common trope in dystopian novels, is creeping into everyday life in India, deployed at airports to verify travellers and by law enforcement to identify suspects, unfettered by privacy laws that should regulate the use of sensitive data. Data compiled by digital rights advocacy body the Internet Freedom Foundation through right-to-information filings showed that …

Explained | Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition technology
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition technology

The Hindu  

The story so far: Right to Information responses received by the Internet Freedom Foundation, a New-Delhi based digital rights organisation, reveal that the Delhi Police treats matches of above 80% similarity generated by its facial recognition technology system as positive results. In 2020, the Delhi Police stated in an RTI response that, though they obtained FRT as per the Sadhan …

This Part of India Is on the Verge of Becoming a Complete Surveillance State
2 years, 5 months ago

This Part of India Is on the Verge of Becoming a Complete Surveillance State

Slate  

In May 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 lockdown in India, S.Q. A study by New Delhi–based digital liberties organization Internet Freedom Foundation found that Telangana has the highest number of facial recognition technology projects of any Indian state. According to a report by Amnesty India, the Telangana police’s facial recognition technology scans distinct features of a person’s …

Editorial: Police body cams shouldn’t be surveillance tools
2 years, 7 months ago

Editorial: Police body cams shouldn’t be surveillance tools

LA Times  

Police body cameras and facial recognition technology serve two completely different purposes and shouldn’t be combined. Body cams record officer interactions with the public and make police less likely to fib about what they did or why, because they know there will be a reviewable recording. It infringes on privacy — with little benefit to public safety, because facial recognition …

Telangana Minister KTR Calls for Greater Transparency in Govt's Use of Facial Technology
2 years, 7 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 …

KTR calls for transparency in use of facial technology by govt
2 years, 7 months ago

KTR calls for transparency in use of facial technology by govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: One of the biggest challenges in using technologies such as facial recognition, coupled with use of artificial intelligence, is gaining confidence of citizens that the government uses such data in an unbiased manner, and that citizens are not surveilled unless they have been notified, according to information technology minister K.T. Rama Rao said the only way to be able …

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’
2 years, 9 months ago

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

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. Campaigners branded guidance being sent to forces about how to use live facial recognition …

HC issues notices to TS, city police chief on use of face recognition technology
3 years ago

HC issues notices to TS, city police chief on use of face recognition technology

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Monday issued notices to the state government and the Hyderabad police commissioner to respond to a PIL, which complained that the use of face recognition technology by the Telangana police on citizens had no legal backing and not approved by any legislature. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand …

Explained | Facial recognition tech in Indian airports
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Pesenti wrote that the world’s largest social network …

Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos
3 years, 3 months ago

Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos

Wired  

Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer into our lives. Clearview has collected billions of photos from across websites that include Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and uses AI to identify a particular person in images. The company’s cofounder and CEO, Hoan Ton-That, …

Dutch police likely used controversial facial recognition software despite minister’s denial: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch police likely used controversial facial recognition software despite minister’s denial: Report

NL Times  

A leaked software log from the debated facial recognition software Clearview AI showed that Dutch police officers used the program to identify suspects, the Reformatorisch Dagblad reported. In April 2020, Minister of Justice Ferd Grapperhaus denied that Dutch authorities used the software. Yet, based on Clearview AI logs the Dutch police used the software between 50 to 100 times between …

The ugly face of a crime-fighting move
3 years, 4 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 …

States push back against use of facial recognition by police
3 years, 8 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 …

Karnataka cops may soon get access to facial tech
3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka cops may soon get access to facial tech

Hindustan Times  

An inconspicuous allocation of ₹699 crore in Karnataka’s latest budget to install 7,500 surveillance cameras in Bengaluru is likely to enable the state capital’s police to introduce facial recognition technology and machine-learning based video monitoring, officials said, even as experts flagged privacy concerns stemming from the possible plan. The officer said that to optimise the CCTV network, the police will …

Facial recognition technology: law yet to catch up
4 years 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 …

Controversial facial recognition technology quietly used by Co-Op
4 years, 1 month ago

Controversial facial recognition technology quietly used by Co-Op

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. “All of our customers have been made aware with distinctive signage and we have introduced a system …

Dubai to Introduce Facial Recognition on Public Transport to Beef Up Security
4 years, 2 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 …

Uber introduces rider mask verification selfie feature in India
4 years, 2 months ago

Uber introduces rider mask verification selfie feature in India

Live Mint  

Ride-hailing app Uber has today introduced a new safety policy known as ' mask verification feature' in India. Earlier this year, Uber built innovative technology designed to verify that drivers on the platform are wearing a mask while on-trip, by clicking a selfie. Since Uber began mask verification selfies for drivers in May 2020, more than 17.44 million verifications have …

Face recognition system cannot be biased and algorithms should be transparent, says IT minister
4 years, 2 months ago

Face recognition system cannot be biased and algorithms should be transparent, says IT minister

India Today  

Minister of Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in an event focused on applied AI in India spoke about the importance of the AI ecosystem and its application. Prasad spoke about the importance of facial recognition technology and its global importance but also asserted that it should be unbiased where local citizens are concerned. As Prime Minister …

Couple Challenge: Privacy Ending Trap for Facial Surveillance or Random Social Trend?
4 years, 3 months ago

Couple Challenge: Privacy Ending Trap for Facial Surveillance or Random Social Trend?

News 18  

Couple challenge is seemingly innocent on the face of it – an affectionate hashtag trend where you post a photograph of yourself with your romantic partner, as a token of your appreciation for the other person. While privacy advocates have long been alarmed by this, for many mainstream users, this is exactly why they would post a photograph with their …

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court
4 years, 4 months ago

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court

The Hindu  

The use of facial recognition technology by British police has violated human rights and data protection laws, a court said Tuesday, in a decision praised as a victory against invasive practices by the authorities. In a case trumpeted as the first of its kind, Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who …

Meet Fawkes, the AI Engine That Is Blocking Face Recognition Systems From Spotting You
4 years, 5 months ago

Meet Fawkes, the AI Engine That Is Blocking Face Recognition Systems From Spotting You

News 18  

Fawkes, for many of us Harry Potter fans, is the enigmatic phoenix belonging to the real MVP of the story, Professor Albus Dumbledore. Meet Fawkes – the artificially intelligent engine that shifts pixels here and there, with the intention of throwing AI face recognition trackers off their machine learning-based intelligence. Over the past years, privacy debilitating tools like Clearview AI …

Privacy vs Facial Recognition: Fawkes Aims to Help Protect Your Public Photos From Misuse
4 years, 5 months ago

Privacy vs Facial Recognition: Fawkes Aims to Help Protect Your Public Photos From Misuse

News 18  

Facial recognition, despite much protests and alarming premonitions by privacy advocates, looks set to become mainstream. Over the past years, privacy debilitating tools like Clearview AI have underlined the threat that misuse of facial recognition technologies can present for the common people. The NYT report quotes Clearview AI founder Hoan Ton-That as saying that a system like Fawkes would not …

USA May Go the Opposite Way of China on Facial Recognition: Where Does India Stand?
4 years, 6 months ago

USA May Go the Opposite Way of China on Facial Recognition: Where Does India Stand?

News 18  

With Black Lives Matter protests hitting the streets in USA in light of George Floyd’s murder, questions regarding the use of facial recognition by police departments to identify protestors came to light. Filed by senators Ed Markey and Jeff Merkley, the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act is calling for a full ban on the use of facial recognition …

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law
4 years, 6 months ago

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law

CNN  

CNN — In a matter of days, there was a sea change with one of the most cutting-edge and controversial technologies in Silicon Valley. Three tech giants — Amazon, Microsoft and IBM — all said this week they will not sell facial recognition technology to police. Silicon Valley goes to Washington Tech companies have seized opportunities where they can in …

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business
4 years, 7 months ago

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business

LA Times  

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Many U.S. law enforcement agencies rely on facial recognition software built by companies less well known to the public, such as Tokyo-based NEC or the European companies Idemia and Cognitec, according to Clare Garvie, a …

Coming to terms with biometrics in policing
4 years, 9 months ago

Coming to terms with biometrics in policing

The Hindu  

Ever since the police became a formal organisation nearly 150 years ago, there is global consensus that the police charter ought not to be restricted to a mere maintenance of peace in public places. This explains the sharp adverse responses, albeit only by a few groups, to a counter-crime facial recognition technology. Perhaps the stoutest defender of facial recognition technology …

Facial Recognition Identified 1,100 Delhi Rioters, Says HM Amit Shah: How it Works
4 years, 9 months 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
4 years, 11 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 …

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?
4 years, 11 months ago

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, European media network EURACTIV and Politico published a story that said the European Commission is mulling a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technologies in public spaces. Why does the European Commission want a temporary ban on facial recognition technologies in public spaces? Mr. Smith, has been quoted as saying: “I’m really …

London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects
4 years, 11 months 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 …

Privacy fears as London police to begin using facial recognition technology
4 years, 11 months ago

Privacy fears as London police to begin using facial recognition technology

ABC  

London police say they will start using live facial recognition cameras in operational deployments, in a major advance for the controversial technology. Key points: London already has one of the highest concentrations of CCTV cameras in the world Rights groups say the technology threatens basic civil liberties Police have previously trialled facial recognition in the British capital The Metropolitan Police …

London will use live facial recognition cameras to police the city
4 years, 11 months 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 …

India’s Telangana to test facial recognition in local elections
4 years, 11 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 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, 1 month 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 …

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