UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws
By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition. After the UK Parliament’s Justice and Home…
By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition. After the UK Parliament’s Justice and Home…
By Masha Borak Many of us are already talking to our smart devices as if they are humans. In the future, smart devices may be…
Activist Post Editor’s Note: This should make it clear that AI robot police will not be used only for the most serious crimes, as governments…
By Masha Borak The risks of generative artificial intelligence are looming over the financial services industry. As access to more advanced AI tools becomes available,…
By Masha Borak Payments giant Visa showcased its pay-by-palm biometric payment technology at an event marking the transformation of its Singapore Innovation Center last week….
By Masha Borak Germany’s digital ID may come under threat from malicious attackers, according to an analysis from a digital security expert. A white hat…
By Masha Borak Facial recognition is entering New Zealand’s grocery stores and the rapid expansion of the technology has been filling the country’s newspaper headlines….
By Masha Borak Belize is moving towards building its national identification system and formulating a strategy for biometric data with future plans for digitizing public…
By Masha Borak As facial recognition surveillance spreads, researchers and privacy-minded individuals have been trying to come up with ways to thwart the technology, using…
By Masha Borak Keystroke dynamics, a biometric template that identifies individuals based on their typing, has been tempting researchers as an easy way to verify…
By Masha Borak Police in the UK have been using the country’s passport holder database to conduct facial recognition searches without public disclosure, a new…
By Masha Borak Police in the UK have been ramping up the use of facial recognition technology with plans for further rollouts in 2024, sparking…
By Masha Borak The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,” according to…
By Masha Borak After a private initiative to establish a digital identity was shot down by voters in 2021, Switzerland is opting for a new…