Security News

Use of Facial Recognition Stirs Controversy
2019-08-20 19:33

The Technology Sparks Privacy Concerns in the U.K. and BeyondA developer's use of facial recognition technology to scan the faces of pedestrians in London has sparked concerns from residents, the...

Plot twist: Google's not spying on King's Cross with facial recognition kit, but its landlord is
2019-08-12 15:17

More unregulated creepycams blight London Britons working for Google at its London HQ are being secretly spied on by creepy facial recognition cameras – but these ones aren't operated by the...

Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead
2019-08-12 11:34

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.

Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
2019-07-22 10:26

The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday.

Biometrics: Dismantling the Myths Surrounding Facial Recognition
2019-07-18 16:14

Biometric Authentication is No Longer Just the Stuff of Spy Movies or Reserved for Military-Grade Installations read more

Those facial recognition trials in the UK? They should be banned, warns Parliamentary committee
2019-07-18 12:59

Latest call to halt creepy tech likely to fall on deaf ears The government should slap a "moratorium on the current use of facial recognition technology, with "no further trials" until there is...

UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials
2019-07-12 13:30

1984 is not an instruction manual, and yet here we are As if further indication was needed of Britain's slide into a surveillance state, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has backed highly flawed police...

Facial recognition surveillance must be banned, says Fight for the Future
2019-07-11 12:54

“We don’t need to regulate it, we need to ban it entirely.”

How do we stop facial recognition from becoming the next Facebook: ubiquitous and useful yet dangerous, impervious and misunderstood?
2019-07-03 21:32

We talk to one CEO about why bans aren't the answer but federal regulation is Facial recognition is having a rough time of it lately. Just six months ago, people were excited about Apple allowing...

Massachusetts City Bans Facial Recognition Technology
2019-07-01 04:43

A Boston suburb has voted to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and other city departments. The Somerville City Council on Thursday voted 11-0 to bar the technology that...