Security News

Deepfakes Can Fool Facial Recognition on Crypto Exchanges
2024-10-11 19:16

Creating new accounts under fake identities provides attackers with a way to launder money or commit fraud.

Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts
2024-10-07 19:45

Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable Police around the United States are routinely using facial recognition technology to help...

Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database
2024-09-04 08:43

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection...

School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen
2024-07-24 08:32

Watchdog reprimand follows similar cases in 2021 The UK's data protection watchdog has reprimanded a school in Essex for using facial recognition for canteen payments, nearly three years after...

Facial Recognition Systems in the US
2024-01-03 12:07

A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. Three years ago, I wrote that campaigns to ban facial recognition are too narrow.

On Technologies for Automatic Facial Recognition
2023-09-15 11:15

With technology like that on Mr. Leyvand's head, Facebook could prevent users from ever forgetting a colleague's name, give a reminder at a cocktail party that an acquaintance had kids to ask about or help find someone at a crowded conference. Six years later, the company now known as Meta has not released a version of that product and Mr. Leyvand has departed for Apple to work on its Vision Pro augmented reality glasses.

China – which surveils everyone everywhere – floats facial recognition rules
2023-08-08 10:39

China has released draft regulations to govern the country's facial recognition technology that include prohibitions on its use to analyze race or ethnicity. According to the the Cyberspace Administration of China(CAC), the purpose is to "Regulate the application of face recognition technology, protect the rights and interests of personal information and other personal and property rights, and maintain social order and public safety" as outlined by a smattering of data security, personal information, and network laws.

TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade
2023-07-03 22:12

Its abilities have been assessed over the past two years, and the system has boosted identity verification efficiency without infringing on travelers' privacy rights, a TSA spokesperson told us. "Right now we are at six percent fully operational capacity," TSA press secretary Carter Langston said in an interview with The Register.

Facial Recognition Software: Top Vendors in 2023
2023-05-24 19:42

Here's a look at the current top facial recognition software vendors, as well as use cases for the technology. Facial recognition software vendors Amazon Rekognition: Best overall facial recognition software.

UK's GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition
2023-05-19 09:34

Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has warned that oversight of facial recognition is a risk just as the policing minister plans to "Embed" it into the force. Sampson's job, if you were wondering, is to encourage "Compliance with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice" - the only legal instrument that addresses police use of live facial recognition directly.