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Privacy advocates say facial recognition can be an agent of authoritarian surveillance; others say it's an invaluable tool to combat kidnapping, locate lost children and track down criminals on the run.

But cops' trial of controversial tech will continue London cops will not use controversial and inaccurate facial recognition technology at this year's Notting Hill Carnival – in a departure from...

More than 30 activist groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union urged Amazon Tuesday to stop providing facial recognition technology to law enforcement, warning that it could give...

There are too many factual disagreements for a quick judgment, the judge said, including over what a faceprint actually is.

Data released by the UK police force confirmed claims from watchdog groups that the software is inaccurate.

The radical changes taking place in privacy and security, both for better and for worse, are driven by the rapid adoption of facial recognition technologies and the exploding use of social media...

The Singapore government wants to put one on top of all 110,000 lamp posts throughout the country, to help identity all who pass by.


Viewpost surveyed a cross-section of 1,000 U.S.-based consumers, finding that overall, 80 percent of Americans are in support of payments technologies and currencies, including tools like sensor...
