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Russia is rolling out a facial recognition payment system for Moscow metro riders, sparking privacy concerns
Moscow launched its Face Pay service across 240 stations, but privacy advocates worry it could fuel…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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20 federal agencies use facial recognition technologies that store billions of photos
The Government Accountability Office surveyed 42 federal agencies on their use and regulation of fa…
Morgan Keith
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Trust Stamp, a facial recognition company with a $7.2 million ICE contract, had dozens of peoples' data exposed in breach
Names, addresses, and driver's license data were exposed in the breach, though it doesn't appear to…
Caroline Haskins
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Walmart is facing a class action suit for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using surveillance cameras and Clearview AI's facial recognition database
Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit over its alleged use of surveillance cameras and Clearview…
Caroline Haskins
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I drove a new Tesla rival that uses facial recognition and fingerprints instead of a key but I think a regular key beats the futuristic feature 99% of the time
Leave your keys at home, folks. The Genesis GV60 is an electric SUV with a face scanner and fingerp…
Tim Levin
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Identity verification service ID.me has a lucrative contract with the VA. Veterans and their families say it’s locked them out of disability payments and emergency assistance.
These issues disproportionately affected older veterans and veterans abroad, and added technical hu…
Caroline Haskins
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The IRS will move away using ID.me's facial recognition verification for IRS.gov
The IRS said it would stop using the third-party facial recognition service ID.me after Insider and…
Caroline Haskins
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These 16 US airports are reportedly testing facial recognition technology on passengers that could roll out nationwide next year
The TSA reportedly plans on expanding its facial recognition pilot program across airports in the U…
Aaron Mok
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A Harvard freshman made a social networking app called 'The FaceTag.' It's sparked a debate about the ethics of facial recognition.
Yuen Ler Chow has expressed interest in raising money and, of course, expanding the app to non-Harv…
Caroline Haskins
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This interactive map shows you whether police departments near you are using facial recognition, drones, body cameras, and other surveillance tech
Electronic Frontier Foundation and student researchers found more than 5,300 instances of police us…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Anyone who attends the 2022 World Cup in Qatar can expect to be watched by 15,000 cameras with facial-recognition technology
"As long as there is no property damage and no one injured, we will just be watching," Hamad Al-Moh…
Amanda Goh
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A new Senate bill would ban corporations from using facial recognition without people's explicit consent
If passed, the bill would wipe out much of the business of controversial facial recognition compani…
Aaron Holmes
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Meta says it's getting rid of facial recognition on Facebook - but that won't apply to the metaverse
Facebook is scrapping facial recognition but a Meta spokesperson told Recode the technology "has th…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that scraped billions of faces off the internet, was just hit with a data privacy complaint in Europe
Zoé Vilain, chief privacy and strategy officer at Jumbo Privacy, tried to find out what data Clearv…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Ukraine and Russia have both weaponized facial recognition — in very different ways
Ukraine is using the technology to ID the dead and find Russian infiltrators. Russia is using it to…
Laura Italiano,Haven Orecchio…
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Boston just became the latest city to ban use of facial recognition technology
The move also bans Boston city officials from asking a third party to carry out facial recognition …
Aaron Holmes
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Amazon extends ban on police using its controversial facial-recognition software indefinitely
Amazon suspended sales of its facial-recognition technology in June following widespread protests a…
Kate Duffy
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Property tech companies are helping landlords spy on residents, collect their data, and even evict them. Critics are calling it an invasion of privacy that could reinforce inequality.
Researchers say "proptech" like facial recognition and AI-powered applicant-screening software is h…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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New facial-recognition technology can accurately identify travelers wearing masks 96% of the time, according to a test run by the Department of Homeland Security
New facial-recognition algorithms can now identify airline passengers wearing face masks as much as…
Natasha Dailey
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Outcry over mass facial surveillance — digital rights activists say it’s ‘completely illegal’ and ‘unconstitutional’
That kind of mass surveillance, according to digital rights activists at the Internet Freedom Found…