Sam Altman Lays Out Global Infrastructure For Universal Basic Income
Altman has shown himself to be both a Technocrat and Transhuman, convinced that Universal Basic Income is the answer to job-displacing automation, AI and robots….
Biometrics
Delta and TSA Launch New Biometric “Digital Identity Experience” at Atlanta Hub
By Allison Fox The airline is implementing a “digital identity experience” at its hub in Atlanta, offering customers with TSA PreCheck and a Delta SkyMiles number the chance to pass…
The Surveillance State Grows: UK Schools Will Use Facial Recognition to Speed Up Lunch Payments
By J. Fingas Facial recognition may soon play a role in your child’s lunch. The Financial Times reports that nine schools in the UK’s North…
Face Recognition Isn’t Just Face Identification and Verification: It’s Also Photo Clustering, Race Analysis, Real-time Tracking, and More
By Bennett Cyphers, Adam Schwartz, and Nathan Sheard Governments and corporations are tracking how we go about our lives with a unique marker that most…
“Historic Moment”: EU Approves Call for Sweeping Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
By Andrea Germanos The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a call to ban facial recognition surveillance—a development heralded by the technology’s foes as a “big…
Clearview AI to Use More Advanced Artificial Intelligence to Scan More Than 10 Billion Internet Collected Images
By Will Knight Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer…
The Federal Government Just Can’t Get Enough of Your Face
By Chao Liu There are more federal facial recognition technology (FRT) systems than there are federal agencies using them, according to the U.S. General Accounting…
Amazon’s Palm Reader Provides A Sneak Peek Into Our Biometric Future
By Aaron Kesel Amazon’s palm reader will be installed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and will be used for future ticketed events. Amazon’s…
Traditional Buying and Selling May Soon Become Obsolete without Biometric Verification
By Jesse Smith The dystopian future, where you can’t buy or sell without constantly being monitored and connected to databases containing your fingerprints, face scans,…
Pay-by-Palm: Just an Innocent Technology to Make Life Easier?
By Aden Tate Looks like the folks at Amazon have taken up palm reading with the recent rollout of Amazon One, a pay-by-palm technology. Don’t like…
Air Force Wants Staff to Wear Biometric-Capturing Devices to “Keep Staff Healthy” Despite Health Risks from “Wearables”
By B.N. Frank Over the years, smart watch (aka activity tracker) owners have reported burns, rashes, shocks, and other undesirable symptoms while wearing them (see…
Victory! Lawsuit Proceeds Against Clearview’s Face Surveillance
By Adam Schwartz Face surveillance is a growing menace to racial justice, privacy, and free speech. So EFF supports laws that ban government use of…
Planned Expansion of Facial Recognition by US Agencies Called “Disturbing”
By Julia Conley Digital rights advocates reacted harshly Thursday to a new internal U.S. government report detailing how ten federal agencies have plans to greatly…
Fearing Taliban Purge, Afghan Citizens Scramble To Delete Digital History, Evade Biometrics
It is now amply demonstrated that Technocrat tools of total surveillance can be used for unspeakable evil. Afghans who were lured into surveillance systems by…