The ‘super camera’ can identifying people dozens of meters away using facial recognition.
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Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so
The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.
Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.
Facebook expands use of face recognition
Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.
China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash
Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China’s App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.
Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead
The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.
Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday.
Facial recognition surveillance must be banned, says Fight for the Future
“We don’t need to regulate it, we need to ban it entirely.”
Hackers stole photos of travelers and license plates from subcontractor
Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.
The FBI is sitting on more than 641m photos of people’s faces
Its already massive facial recognition databases have ballooned, and government watchdog GAO found that the FBI isn’t checking accuracy.