EFF Makes Case for Private Use of Facial Recognition
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has tried to articulate the difference between the public and private use of facial recognition. The privacy watchdog…
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FPC Survey Results Show Strong Interest in Biometric Payment Cards
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has shared the results of a Kantar survey that speak to the growing demand for biometric cards. The study was conducted in September…
iiDENTIFii Points to Biometric Tech to Secure Elections
In what has been by many measures an historic start to 2021 in the United States, and with the backdrop of now former President Donald Trump’s allegations of…
Apple Patent Shows How Heat Maps Can Help Identify Covered Faces
Apple has received a patent for a new facial recognition system that could potentially be used to help identify covered faces. The system first maps the…
Reliq Adds Speech Recognition to Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
The telemedicine specialist Reliq Health Technologies has released a new Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) platform that automates various aspects of the…
Rank One Brings Biometric Surveillance Plugin to XProtect VMS
Rank One Computing (ROC) has released a new facial recognition plugin for the Milestone XProtect Video Management System (VMS). The ROC Watch plugin is built…
Herta Launches New BioObserver Facial Analytics Platform
Herta has unveiled a new emotion detection solution that can be used to analyze and categorize people’s facial expressions in video footage. The solution was…
Members of Congress Plan to Reintroduce Facial Recognition Proposal: Report
Democrats in Congress are planning to reintroduce legislation that would ban federal agencies from using facial recognition technology. As Reuters reports,…
Kami Launches Smart Video Doorbell with Facial Recognition
Computer vision specialist Kami has announced the availability of its new smart video doorbell, the Kami Doorbell Camera, powered by edge computing technology…
ENACOMM Forges Distribution Deal with BLM Technologies
ENACOMM is targeting financial institutions through a new distribution partnership with BLM Technologies. The arrangement will make it easier for BLM’s roster…