Automated facial recognition trials backed by UK home secretary
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has given his backing to the police in their trials of facial recognition cameras. The surveillance […]
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FaceApp is back and so are privacy concerns
FaceApp, a Russia-based app that applies filters to photos, is having another moment in the spotlight this week. The app […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are […]
Facebook’s face recognition software should worry us.
Facebook holds “the largest facial dataset to date”—powered by DeepFace, Facebook’s deep-learning facial recognition system. Policymakers and experts are now […]
You’re responsible for getting permission from subjects if you want to use Windows Photos’ facial recog feature
Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to the Photos app in Windows 10 that prompts you to confirm “all […]
Facial recognition smart glasses could make public surveillance discreet and ubiquitous
A new product from UAE firm NNTC shows where this tech is headed next. The AR glasses have an 8-megapixel […]
New tool helps travelers avoid airlines that use facial recognition technology
A new tool launched by privacy activists offers to help travelers avoid increasingly invasive facial recognition technologies in airports. Activist […]
Apple Face-Recognition Blamed for False Arrest
A New York student sued Apple Inc. for $1 billion, claiming the company’s facial-recognition software falsely linked him to a […]
Why facial recognition’s racial bias problem is so hard to crack
Nearly 40 percent of the false matches by Amazon’s facial recognition tool, which is being used by police, involved people […]
A.I. Experts Question Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology
At least 25 prominent researchers are calling on the company to stop selling the technology to law enforcement agencies, citing […]
Facial recognition is coming to hotels
Alibaba has created the hotel of the future and it’s wild, wonderful, and just a little creepy. FlyZoo, which is […]
How Facial Recognition Databases See Copyright Law But Not Your Privacy
Whether you realize it or not, your face may not be “yours” anymore. Certain companies engaging in facial recognition research […]