India Embraces Facial Recognition for Smart City, Railways
By Beverly Crawford-Westre NEC Corporation India has launched the latest smart-city project in Tirupati, India, on behalf of Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited, in one…
By Beverly Crawford-Westre NEC Corporation India has launched the latest smart-city project in Tirupati, India, on behalf of Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited, in one…
By Masha Borak A robot security dog equipped with cameras and facial recognition is about to prowl a sporting venue in the United States. Mercedes-Benz…
By Masha Borak Companies are pitching biometric payment as a solution to fraud and theft. But their fast expansion is making some consumers and privacy…
By B.N. Frank Over the years, numerous incidents, reports, and studies have justified Americans’ concerns and/or opposition to driverless aka autonomous vehicles (AVs) (see 1,…
By Stuart Wells, Chief Technology Officer at Jumio As organizations have tried to stay ahead of cybercriminals, faces and other biometrics have become the passwords…
By Beverly Crawford-Westre A California initiative would set new standards for gun safety in the state. The Gun Violence Prevention Act has been proposed for…
By Derrick Broze As so-called digital or mobile driver’s licenses begin rolling out across North America, we must ask who is behind the expansion of…
By Jim Nash Germany is doing away with children’s paper passports in favor of biometric documents with embedded electronic chips beginning next year. The children’s…
By Masha Borak Move over passwords and PINs, retail stores are introducing new tech to help shoppers check out their goods, including biometrics and artificial…
By Ayang Macdonald French authorities have placed an order for 544 kiosks and 250 tablets to collect face and fingerprint biometrics from ferry car passengers…
By Jim Nash Short of actually winning a biometrics privacy lawsuit in the U.S. states of Illinois and California there seems only one avenue for…
By Jim Nash Police leadership in the U.S. city of Detroit is reacting to a wrongful arrest lawsuit by defending facial recognition software and coming…
By Chris Burt Another person in the United States is alleging a wrongful arrest based on a false match by facial recognition software used by…
By Derrick Broze Mexican Presidential candidate Marcelo Ebrard recently announced a security plan which calls for using several digital technologies with the potential to create…