Tech Culture Los Angeles Police Department bans the use of third-party facial recognition technology LAPD can still use in-house alternatives, though By Cohen Coberly, November 18, 2020, 1:28 PM
Industry Security Europe agrees on stricter control of surveillance tech Putting limits on selling abroad By Pete Flint, November 10, 2020, 9:02 AM
Security Portland, Maine citizens vote in favor of blanket ban on facial recognition tech Portland residents value their privacy, it seems By Cohen Coberly, November 4, 2020, 10:27 AM 10 comments
Security The Web Facebook facing $500 billion lawsuit over Instagram's alleged biometric data harvesting The social network is already embroiled in a similar suit By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2020, 8:47 AM
Security University of Chicago researchers are building a tool to protect your pictures from facial recognition systems A new kind of deepfake could protect your online privacy By Adrian Potoroaca, August 4, 2020, 2:42 PM
Industry Rite Aid has been using facial recognition tech across hundreds of its stores Primarily in low-income areas By Cohen Coberly, July 28, 2020, 5:26 PM 13 comments
Apple Mobile Future versions of Face ID could scan the veins in your head No more threats from evil twins By Rob Thubron, July 22, 2020, 7:45 AM
Industry Clearview AI faces more scrutiny from UK and Australian privacy commissioners It seems the startup has spent more time fending off investigators than actually developing its software By Cal Jeffrey, July 9, 2020, 12:54 PM
Security Software IBM says it will no longer make "general purpose" facial recognition tech Not that it was bringing much revenue, anyway By Adrian Potoroaca, June 9, 2020, 4:22 PM 8 comments
The Web Face mask selfies are being used to retrain facial recognition systems Companies are scrambling to retrain facial recognition systems By Shawn Knight, May 20, 2020, 11:20 AM
Industry Security Clearview AI's cybersecurity in question after researchers discover unsecured repository Company assets, intellectual properties, and 70,000 surveillance video were found exposed By Cal Jeffrey, April 17, 2020, 1:13 PM
Security Tech Culture ACLU is demanding Homeland Security, CBP, ICE, and TSA hand over records on facial recognition at the border Privacy advocates are demanding more transparency By Adrian Potoroaca, March 14, 2020, 9:33 AM 16 comments
Security Law enforcement in India used facial recognition to ID 1,100 rioters in New Delhi Privacy groups claim the use of the system was against the law By Cal Jeffrey, March 11, 2020, 3:13 PM 7 comments
Security Vermont sues Clearview AI for violating state privacy laws Its controversial app has seen no end to the backlash By Cal Jeffrey, March 11, 2020, 12:46 PM
Industry Security 'Intruder' steals Clearview AI's entire client list It was due to a 'vulnerability,' but there was 'no compromise of servers, systems, or network' By Cal Jeffrey, February 26, 2020, 6:39 PM 8 comments
The Web Facebook adds itself to the list of companies demanding Clearview cease scraping its websites Startup has been told to stay off YouTube and Google and now Instagram and Facebook By Cal Jeffrey, February 6, 2020, 2:06 PM
Security Google Google and YouTube want Clearview AI to stop scraping images and video for facial recognition database It turns out the company that could do it the best is opposed to the practice By Adrian Potoroaca, February 6, 2020, 6:44 AM
Security London police will deploy live facial recognition cameras to catch criminals They may improve city security, but at what cost? By Cohen Coberly, January 25, 2020, 6:51 AM 14 comments
Security The Web Twitter wants Clearview AI to remove photos of people it has scraped from its service Another privacy nightmare is waiting to happen By Adrian Potoroaca, January 23, 2020, 10:26 PM
Tech Culture Software The European Union considering temporary facial recognition ban Allowing regulation to catch up with tech By James Miller, January 19, 2020, 11:22 AM 14 comments
Mobile Industry San Francisco tweaks facial recognition ban that made it illegal for city employees to use iPhones Keeping up with new technologies will require more carefully written laws By Adrian Potoroaca, December 24, 2019, 9:43 AM
Mobile China to require facial recognition scans to subscribe for cellular service It is unknown how long the biometric data will be held By Cal Jeffrey, December 2, 2019, 4:14 PM
Tech Culture Industry Leaked documents show Chinese tech companies are shaping UN facial recognition standards Influencing regulation to better align with its own goals By Adrian Potoroaca, December 2, 2019, 1:55 PM
Software The Web Google Photos is rolling out manual face tagging feature, but there's a catch The feature will still rely on Google's face detection algorithm By Adrian Potoroaca, November 28, 2019, 2:33 PM
Security Tech Culture China is testing "emotion recognition" systems in Xinjiang Authorities want surveillance capabilities that draw inspiration from Minority Report By Adrian Potoroaca, November 4, 2019, 1:31 PM 11 comments