OPD, Amazon Play Down Rekognition Use After ACLU Report
“Responding to the report, the Orlando Police Department’s chief, John Mina, held a press conference at which he insisted that his department was only testing…
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ACLU Urges Amazon to Stop Selling Surveillance Tech to Gov’t
The American Civil Liberties Union is urging Amazon to stop selling its facial recognition system to government authorities, warning that it threatens privacy…
Kansas Elderly and Disability Care Workers Now Subject to Biometric Background Checks
Individuals seeking to work in home care or healthcare services for the elderly and individuals with disabilities in Kansas will now need to submit to…
Play-Doh Fingerprint Leads Police to Would-Be Shoplifter
Smearing Play-Doh over store products’ security tags does not disable them and can only get you into trouble. That’s the takeaway from a recent investigation…
South Wales Police’ Use of Facial Recognition Produces Mixed Results
Biometric facial recognition technology has helped South Wales Police to make 2,000 positive matches over the past nine months, leading to over 450 arrests,…
Axon Establishes AI Ethics Board
“The establishment of such an advisory board suggests a more than token engagement between the stakeholders of new AI-driven policing technologies and the…
South Wales Police Bust Drug Operation With Fingerprint From WhatsApp Picture
In what may be a world’s first, police in Wales have used fingerprint biometrics collected from a WhatsApp picture of a hand holding drugs to help bust up a…
Concert Arrest Demonstrates Growing Biometric Power of Chinese Police
Police in China are making a big song and dance over the arrest of person of interest at a music concert via the use of facial recognition technology. The…
CredenceTWO Handheld Combines FAP 30 Sensor, Card Reader, Wireless Connectivity
Credence ID has unveiled a new handheld device that combines a FAP 30 fingerprint scanner and a contact-based and contactless smart card reader in a system…
INTERPOL Uses Facial Recognition to Catch Fugitive Murderer
“Remarkably, it all happened within 48 hours…” Authorities with INTERPOL have used facial recognition to catch an internationally wanted fugitive after a…