And just who, exactly, is going to pay for new passports if it’s necessary? Danish police are chatting with Kube Data about that.
Tag Archives: fingerprints
WhatsApp image showing drug dealer’s fingerprints leads to arrest
Enhanced social media images of the man’s fingers led to the takedown of 11 members of a drug ring and his sentencing.
Your personal cloud of microbes could one day be used to profile you
Every time we sneeze, cough, scratch, fart, or touch something, we leave behind traces of ourselves. Could this microbial evidence one day be used to identify and surveil us?
Smartphone passcodes are protected by the Fifth Amendment, says US court
Cops can still force suspects to unlock phones with a fingerprint but passcodes are off the agenda… for now.
EFF and MuckRock run census to find out how local police track your biometrics
Fill out the EFF form to generate a public records request and find out how police are tracking your fingers, face, DNA, tattoos and more.
iOS 9 enhances two factor authentication, introduces 6-digit passcodes
Apple announced on Monday that iOS 9 will have native two-factor authentication as well as (slightly) more secure passcodes.
Police can demand fingerprints but not passcodes to unlock phones, rules judge
Fingerprints are what you *are*, passcodes are what you *know*. Therefore the police can demand your fingerprints to unlock a phone without contravening the Fifth Amendment, according to a judge in Virginia, USA. 