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Israeli facial recognition tech helps Delhi Police crack ₹80 lakh robbery case; 2 held
2 days, 10 hours ago

Israeli facial recognition tech helps Delhi Police crack ₹80 lakh robbery case; 2 held

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, An Israeli facial recognition system has helped Delhi Police solve a case of robbery at gunpoint, arrest two accused persons, and recover the entire stolen amount of ₹80 lakh, officials said on Wednesday. Israeli facial recognition tech helps Delhi Police crack ₹ 80 lakh robbery case; 2 held The arrested accused have been identified as Md Ali and …

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How the East got ahead of the West on facial recognition technology
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How the East got ahead of the West on facial recognition technology

Live Mint  

In 2020, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM announced they would halt the sale of facial recognition technology to police forces. China has invested heavily in facial recognition technology, with claims of high accuracy rates supported by large-scale data collection and integration with various surveillance and identification systems. Regulatory frameworks in India and China also tend to be less stringent than in …

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Application of facial recognition tech needs to be strictly regulated
1 year, 7 months ago

Application of facial recognition tech needs to be strictly regulated

China Daily  

A visitor tries 3D facial recognition tech on Tuesday at the Light of Internet Expo of the sixth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. China's cyberspace authorities published a draft regulation for management of facial recognition technology on Tuesday to solicit public opinion, which serves like a curtain-raiser for governance of the facial recognition system. The draft regulation is …

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Karnataka polls: ECI to pilot facial recognition tech in upcoming elections
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka polls: ECI to pilot facial recognition tech in upcoming elections

Live Mint  

For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India will introduce facial recognition technology at a polling booth in Bengaluru. As reported by Moneycontrol, ECI will conduct a trial of facial recognition technology at a single polling station, namely Room no. Voters at the selected polling station must download the Chunavana mobile application and input their Elector's Photo …

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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 …

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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 …

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Antoine Griezmann Cites Repression of Muslim Uighurs as he Ends Partnership with Huawei
4 years, 3 months ago

Antoine Griezmann Cites Repression of Muslim Uighurs as he Ends Partnership with Huawei

News 18  

French soccer player Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Thursday, saying there are strong suspicions that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs. The 29-year-old Barcelona forward’s announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China’s surveillance of the group. Following strong suspicions that …

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Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it

Firstpost  

Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the software’s use. Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias. The announcement came shortly after rival Amazon.com Inc declared …

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Privacy fears as London police to begin using facial recognition technology
5 years, 1 month 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 …

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EU might ban facial recognition tech in public areas for up to five years
5 years, 2 months ago

EU might ban facial recognition tech in public areas for up to five years

Firstpost  

Exceptions to the facial recognition ban could be made for security projects as well as research and development. The European Union is considering banning facial recognition technology in public areas for up to five years, to give it time to work out how to prevent abuses, according to proposals seen by Reuters. The plan by the EU’s executive — set …

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Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature

Firstpost  

Facebook announced that its facial recognition technology will no longer identify new users in their photo by default. “Starting today, people who newly join Facebook or who previously had the tag suggestions setting will have the face recognition setting and will receive information about how it works. The tag suggestions setting, which only controls whether we can suggest that your …

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After San Francisco, Oakland bans facial recognition tech
5 years, 8 months ago

After San Francisco, Oakland bans facial recognition tech

The Quint  

San Francisco, July 18 The city of Oakland in Northern California has become the second Bay Area city to outlaw the use of facial recognition technology by municipal agencies following a unanimous vote by its council to approve the ban. The latest legislation made Oakland the second Bay Area city to forbid the controversial technology after San Francisco adopted a …

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Facial recognition tech helps develop patient safety tool
5 years, 9 months ago

Facial recognition tech helps develop patient safety tool

India TV News  

By using facial recognition technology, an automated system has been developed that can predict the unsafe behavior of patients in the intensive care unit, such as accidentally removing their breathing tube. "Using images of a patient's face and eyes we were able to train computer systems to recognise high-risk arm movement," said study lead author Akane Sato from Yokohama City …

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San Francisco Is About to Be the First U.S. City to Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Tech
5 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco Is About to Be the First U.S. City to Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Tech

Slate  

San Francisco, renowned these days as a hub of technology, is about to be at the forefront of curbing its potential abuses: The city is now on track to be the first municipality in the United States to ban use of facial recognition technology by the city government. According to a letter to the Board of Supervisors from groups supporting …

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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 …

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User data harvest to fears of smartphone addiction, 2018 highlighted tech dystopia
6 years, 2 months ago

User data harvest to fears of smartphone addiction, 2018 highlighted tech dystopia

Firstpost  

2018’s tech scandals have been enough to exhaust even the most imaginative sci-fi visionaries. “A dark, goofy ’90s retro-future.” More awaits us in 2019, as surveillance and data-collection efforts ramp up and artificial intelligence systems start sounding more human, reading facial expressions and generating fake video images so realistic that it will be harder to detect malicious distortions of the …

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Amazon may want to identify burglars with facial recognition tech
6 years, 3 months ago

Amazon may want to identify burglars with facial recognition tech

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — An Amazon patent application sheds light on a way to monitor neighborhoods with a doorbell camera that could alert homeowners and police of suspicious activities and people. The patent application, which was made public on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website Thursday, describes how a network of cameras could work together with facial …

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Indian airports to get facial recognition tech to cope with the surge in passengers
6 years, 5 months ago

Indian airports to get facial recognition tech to cope with the surge in passengers

Firstpost  

The technology will be introduced at Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports first in February 2019. Indian flyers will soon be able to leave their identification cards and boarding passes at home after the government announced plans on 4 October to introduce facial recognition technology at airports. The scheme will be rolled out early next year in a bid to help congested …

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Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They?
6 years, 8 months ago

Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They?

Wired  

But while Glaser’s proposed fix may circumvent the decades-long fight over gun control in the US, it simultaneously positions him at the white-hot center of a newer, but still contentious, debate over how to balance privacy and security in a world that is starting to feel like a scene out of Minority Report. Groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where …

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Vivo’s 3D face unlock tech will be able to authenticate users upto 3 metres away
6 years, 8 months ago

Vivo’s 3D face unlock tech will be able to authenticate users upto 3 metres away

Firstpost  

With face recognition conquered, Vivo is looking to do full body scans for its beautification AI. But, with its new tech, Vivo is apparently going to use 3,00,000 sensor points on its Face ID, which is 10 times the number used in Apple’s Face ID on the iPhone X, which projects 30,000 IR dots on a user’s face. Vivo showed …

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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 …

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