New US facial recognition bill would require consent before sharing data
A new bill introduced in the Senate today would prohibit commercial companies using facial recognition technology from collecting or sharing […]
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The US Government Will Use Facial Recognition In Top Airports
US Customs and Border Protection is scrambling to implement “biometric entry-exit system,” with the goal of using facial recognition technology […]
IBM used Flickr photos for facial-recognition project
IBM has been accused of using Flickr photos for a facial-recognition project, without the full consent of people in the […]
Using the New Russian Facial Recognition Site
In September 2018, the Russian website FindFace was taken offline in order to provide “solutions tailored for government and business”. […]
How facial recognition technology follows you, even as you shop
As digital billboards record customers’ reactions to advertisements tailored to them, just who is safeguarding Australians’ privacy? The semi-camouflaged cameras […]
San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
A city supervisor has proposed banning local agencies from using facial recognition technology, warning of the potential bias and invasion […]
How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition
Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry. Taylor Swift raised eyebrows late […]
How should we regulate facial-recognition technology?
The privacy concerns with facial-recognition technology are obvious: Nothing is more “personal” than one’s face. So how is the processing […]
Amazon Is Pushing Facial Technology That a Study Says Could Be Biased
Over the last two years, Amazon has aggressively marketed its facial recognition technology to police departments and federal agencies as […]
IBM releases diverse dataset to fight facial recognition bias
The tech giant released a trove of data containing 1 million images of faces taken from a Flickr dataset with […]
This little-known facial-recognition accuracy test has big influence
The closely watched NIST results released last November concluded that the entire industry has improved not just incrementally, but “massively.” […]
Survey: Americans Warming to Use of Facial Recognition Tech
A growing number of Americans are OK with the facial recognition technology, especially if it increases public safety, according to […]