Myanmar’s Junta Is Pursuing Biometric Surveillance – and So Was Its Democratic Predecessor
Myanmar’s junta government is working on deploying China-made biometric surveillance systems in multiple cities, according to a new Reuters report. Citing…
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Visa and Mastercard Are Using Biometric Tech Sourced From a Sanctioned Chinese Firm
Mastercard and Visa are using facial recognition technology whose algorithm is sourced from SenseTime, one of the Chinese AI firms that have been blacklisted…
Five Facial Recognition Trends That Show Us the State of the Art in Mid-2022
The first six months of 2022 are now in the books. That means that it’s the perfect time to take another look at the state of the facial recognition industry.…
Alleged Trump Conspirator Says FBI ‘Forced’ Biometric iPhone Unlock
Mobile biometrics could play a high-profile role in the widening investigation into former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020…
Are Democrats and Republicans That Far Apart on Facial Recognition? It Depends Who’s in the White House
With privacy and government surveillance being increasingly salient issues in the discussion around biometric technologies, industry stakeholders may be…
Solutions for Cleaning Up a Mess: This Week’s Top Biometrics Stories
This week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top stories covers a range of topics, which as a group help to illustrate just how messy the state of security…
What Role Will Biometrics Play in the Cyber Cold War? We’re About to Find Out
ID Tech for June 16, 2022 After a previous ID Tech column laid out the challenging funding landscape that private biometrics companies will face now that the…
Readers Look at the Big Picture in This Week’s Top Biometrics Stories
FindBiometrics readers had their eyes on the big picture this week, if the latest roundup of our top stories offers any indication. Almost all concern…
ID Tech: Why VCs Are Still Betting On Facial Recognition After the Tech Bubble Burst
A few weeks ago, we looked at how the bursting tech bubble is affecting funding for biometrics companies in the private markets. It wasn’t pretty. Investment…
Why Trust Is at the Heart of the Digital ID Debate
Do you trust the government with your personal information? That question is at the heart of many of the privacy debates that are currently playing out as more…