Security News

Amazon Plans Ring Facial Recognition-Based ‘Watch List:’ Report
2019-11-29 14:00

Amazon's facial recognition would alert Ring users if "suspicious" individuals are near their house.

Air Force hires Trueface for facial recognition on bases
2019-11-19 18:18

Trueface will provide Air Force bases with systems that can identify faces, license plates and guns.

ICO: UK Police Should Go Slow on Facial Recognition
2019-11-04 17:03

Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice'Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial...

Watchdog Sues FBI Over Facial Recognition Secrecy
2019-11-01 05:21

A civil liberties watchdog Thursday sued the FBI and other federal agencies claiming the government is improperly withholding information on how it uses a facial recognition database of millions...

Australia Proposes Facial Recognition to Watch Porn
2019-10-29 20:33

The proposal would require biometrics systems to verify age before allowing visits to adult sites.

New Facebook AI fools facial recognition
2019-10-29 11:37

The technology - which Facebook won't use in its own apps - subtly distorts face images so they're still recognizable, but not to machines.

Public Voice Launches Petition for an International Moratorium on Using Facial Recognition for Mass Surveillance
2019-10-22 15:12

Coming out of the Privacy Commissioners' Conference in Albania, Public Voice is launching a petition for an international moratorium on using facial recognition software for mass surveillance. You...

Amazon Calls for Government Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech
2019-10-14 01:04

Amazon is endorsing the idea of government regulation of facial recognition technology, as part of a wide-ranging statement of its principles on a range of social and political issues. read more

California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams
2019-10-10 11:40

The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.

Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France
2019-10-08 10:36

It's coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator's protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.