The city that gave us facial recognition tech says “not in my back yard”.
Tag Archives: biometrics
Fingerprint glitch in passports swapped left and right hands
And just who, exactly, is going to pay for new passports if it’s necessary? Danish police are chatting with Kube Data about that.
Phone fingerprint scanner fooled by chewing gum packet
A video has surfaced claiming to show someone unlocking a Nokia 9 by tapping a gum packet against the fingerprint scanner.
Police can’t compel biometric phone unlocking, rules judge
The landmark decision asserts the same legal protection for biometrics that we’re given for passcodes.
Fake face fools fones
Forbes has added to the ever-growing pantheon of ways to trick biometrics by printing a 3D head and using it to break into Android phones.
AI-generated ‘skeleton keys’ fool fingerprint scanners
Artificial intelligence can be used to ‘grow’ fake fingerprints that pack in common features, fooling scanners.
Is the US about to get a nationwide, privately owned, biometrics system?
Two US biometric companies have partnered to research a private, nationwide biometrics system.
Wendy’s faces class action over collecting staff fingerprints
Two former Wendy’s employees want to know what the company does with employee fingerprints collected by biometric clocks.
School facial recognition system sparks privacy concerns
A New York school district is hoping to use technology to make its children safer. But not everyone is happy about it.
US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates – and not in a good way.