biometric data Texas AG probing Facebook over biometric data collection that may violate state law Xeni Jardin
biometrics Lawsuits accuse Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft of training facial recognition tools with photos of people without consent Xeni Jardin
fight for the future Privacy activists spent a day on Capitol Hill scanning faces to prove that scanning faces should be banned Cory Doctorow
belt and road AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow
whole foods Amazon testing 'Orville' biometric tech that scans your hands to pay at Whole Foods, stores will use it starting early 2020 Xeni Jardin
class action lawsuits Billions on the line as Facebook loses appeal over violating Illinois facial recognition law Cory Doctorow
willie burton Detroit's police commissioner arrested at commissioners' meeting for demanding answers about secret meetings where facial recognition was planned Cory Doctorow
beware of the leopard "Just don't have a face": what it's like to opt-out of US airports' "optional" face recognition Cory Doctorow
something you have Political candidate's kids use his election flyers to fool his laptop's facial recognition lock Cory Doctorow
cir EU to create 350m person biometric database for borders, migration and law enforcement Cory Doctorow
investigator pro American prisoners coerced or tricked into providing voice-prints for use in eternal, secret, unchecked surveillance Cory Doctorow
dictionary attacks Generative adversarial network produces a "universal fingerprint" that will unlock many smartphones Cory Doctorow
elcomsoft Forensics company advises cops not to look at seized Iphones, to avoid facial-recognition lockouts Cory Doctorow
