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A biometric system can be accurate and still fail an accessibility test | Biometric Update
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (225+ words) By Joshua W.J. Brown Accessibility standards make the same point from another direction. Canada’s CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024 says that when ICT uses biological characteristics, it must not rely on one particular biological characteristic as the only means of identification or control. The…...
Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (615+ words) The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English historian and politician Lord Acton that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” One is aspirational, one is…...
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (300+ words) A new patent granted to Seventh Sense AI by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protects the company’s technology for binding face biometrics in a privacy-preserving way without storing a facial image, template or private keys in chat…...
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses | Biometric Update
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (1036+ words) The suit further alleges that Meta has used images to train generative AI models without obtaining consent. The 66-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges Meta used images depicting both users and non-users…...
Scotland???s biometrics commissioner calls for new public surveillance strategy
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (435+ words) Scotland’s Biometrics Commissioner is calling for a new national strategy for public-space surveillance, arguing that the country’s 2011 CCTV framework no longer reflects the realities of AI-enabled analytics, live facial recognition and modern policing. Scotland’s current strategy predates the emergence of…...
trinamiX accuses Apple of infringing Face ID skin-detection patents
1+ week, 2+ day ago (826+ words) Germany-based BASF subsidiary trinamiX has sued Apple in U.S. federal court, alleging that Face ID technology in newer iPhones and iPads infringes seven patents covering techniques for distinguishing human skin from masks and other materials during facial authentication. The lawsuit, filed…...
Why biometrics are an urgent agenda item for police oversight boards
1+ week, 4+ day ago (325+ words) The more that the police can do with biometric technology, the more they will need to assure us what they’re not doing with it. This will require public trust, which must itself be earned through strong data governance. And that’s…...
FaceTec highlights growing adoption of UR Code biometric credentials
1+ week, 5+ day ago (366+ words) UR Codes are designed to enable offline identity verification using digitally signed biometric and identity data embedded in standard QR codes. Binding people to credentials through biometrics, UR Codes embed digitally signed facial biometric and identity data in standard QR…...
Daytona Beach approves police facial recognition searches of driver’s license photos | Biometric Update
2+ week, 2+ day ago (395+ words) Daytona Beach City Commission has approved a proposed agreement between the city’s police chief and Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles so it can search state driver’s license records with facial recognition. The MoU with the state agency…...
Scotland weighs LFR policies as police request mask ban, ethics study launches
2+ week, 5+ day ago (538+ words) If police in Scotland are able to use live facial recognition in public then people should not be allowed to cover their faces with masks, the Scottish Police Federation says. The policy request comes just as a new project launches…...