ACLU Uses Amazon’s Rekognition to Match Members of Congress with Mugshots
“…in responding the ACLU’s latest volley, a spokesperson emphasized that Rekognition is used to aid human review, and not to definitively link one facial image…
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In Irish Politics, “Biometrics” Becoming a Dirty Word
With government use of biometric technology becoming an increasingly sensitive issue in the public domain, an Irish government agency is waging a semantic…
BRIEF: Society Begins to Grapple with Ethics of Biometrics
Like pretty much any other groundbreaking technology, biometrics has long carried the promise of great social benefit and the risk of potential abuse. It has…
Microsoft President Delves Into Facial Recognition Ethics
As controversy over the public use of facial recognition continues, Microsoft is following Google’s lead in laying out its approach to the ethics of the…
Illinois Supreme Court Weighs Whether to ‘Defang’ Biometrics Law
“Essentially, the court will decide whether the law should concern the unauthorized collection of biometric data alone, or whether alleged victims of…
Biometric Surveillance Specialist to Bring Face Scanning to London Stadium
Israel-based AnyVision says it’s bringing biometric entry to a sports stadium in London this summer, but it’s not saying which one. As the Evening Standard…