Is Google Actually Selling Facial Recognition to Israel?
What are the Project Nimbus protests really about? Earlier this month, employees of Google and Amazon took to the streets to protest their employers’ work with…
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Google to Extend Biometric Password Management to Desktop, Code Suggests
It looks like Google is getting ready to bring biometric password management to the desktop. Code that was recently uncovered by Chrome Story suggests that…
Biometrics-harvesting TikTok App is National Security Risk: FCC
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking Apple and Google to delist TikTok from their respective app stores. TikTok is one of the most popular…
Vendor Change Has Resolved Pixel’s Fingerprint Sensor Woes, Review Suggests
An early review of the upcoming Pixel 6A suggests that Google may have managed to fix some of its problems with its in-display fingerprint sensor. In-display…
Google Settles BIPA Lawsuit for $100 Million
Google is the latest tech giant to reach a settlement in a BIPA case. The company was facing a class action lawsuit that originated with the Face Grouping…
Android 12 Beta Code Suggests Google Is Still Working On Pixel Face Unlock
Google’s long Face Unlock saga continues. The facial authentication feature had previously appeared in multiple Pixel 4 models, but was unexpectedly removed…
Google Blames Pixel’s Sluggish Fingerprint Scanning On ‘Enhanced Security Algorithms’
Users’ frustrations with the Pixel 6 smartphone’s fingerprint scanner have pushed Google to respond, and the tech giant has offered an interesting explanation…
Google Faces Criticism for New Pixel’s In-display Biometrics
Google has become one of the biggest smartphone makers to embrace in-display fingerprint scanning, but reviewers are not impressed. The tech giant revealed its…
Authenticate Conference Gains Momentum in 2021
Highlights and Trend-Setter Standouts The Authenticate 2021 conference, only in its second year, has wrapped and the plenary sessions for standards body work…
NIST, Tech Giants Commit to White House Cybersecurity Effort
The Biden Administration has asked the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a new cybersecurity framework to guide organizations…