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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...

Facial recognition used to strip adult industry workers of anonymity
2019-05-31 11:26

A name-and-shame database is supposed to "save" husbands from wives who have appeared on porn sites.

San Francisco bans police use of facial recognition
2019-05-16 12:29

The city that gave us facial recognition tech says "not in my back yard".

San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Use by Police
2019-05-15 01:38

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first US city to ban use of facial recognition technology by police or other government agencies. Backers of the legislation argued that using software and...

Facial Recognition ‘Consent’ Doesn’t Exist, Threatpost Poll Finds
2019-04-26 12:10

Half of Threatpost readers surveyed in a recent poll don't believe that consent realistically exists when it comes to facial recognition.