Facial Recognition

Facial recog system used by Met Police shows racial bias at low thresholds

Tech used at King's Coronation employs higher thresholds on once-only watch-lists, Met tells MPs

Security25 May 2023 | 20

Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo

Someone who looks a lot like you could also unlock it, says Which?

Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 39

UK's GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition

Question not whether UK police should use facial recog, but how, says surveillance chief

Security19 May 2023 | 102

Smile! UK cops reckon they've ironed out gremlins with real-time facial recog

Report says code has improved – and thousands could still end up falsely ID'd, argue privacy advocates

AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 39

NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules

Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General

Security31 Mar 2023 | 17

Man wrongly jailed by facial recognition, lawyer claims

Suspected purse snatcher snatched 'in error'

AI + ML03 Jan 2023 | 54

Lawyer mom barred from Rockettes show by facial recognition tech

No Girl Scout cookies for you

AI + ML21 Dec 2022 | 90

TSA to expand facial recognition across America

System is optional, for the moment

Security06 Dec 2022 | 17

California Governor signs child privacy law requiring online age checks

Get ready for face scans, expanded surveillance, violated rights, and more, say critics

Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 63

Amazon gave Ring video to cops without consent or warrant 11 times so far in 2022

Updated Got no time for that red tape in an emergency, says exec

Security14 Jul 2022 | 43

Clearview AI wants its facial-recognition tech in banks, schools, etc

I get knocked down but I get up again, Italy, Canada, UK, ACLU, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter... are never gonna keep me down

AI + ML25 May 2022 | 23

Clearview AI fined millions in the UK: No 'lawful reason' to collect Brits' images

Updated Notorious selfie-scraper must pay $9.43 million – less than half of predicted fine – says data regulator

AI + ML23 May 2022 | 74

Did ID.me hoodwink Americans with IRS facial-recognition tech?

Senators want the FTC to investigate "evidence of deceptive statements"

AI + ML18 May 2022 | 14

Clearview AI promises not to sell face-recognition database to most US businesses

Caveats apply, your privacy may vary

AI + ML10 May 2022 | 8

1,000-plus AI-generated LinkedIn faces uncovered

More than 70 businesses created fake profiles to close sales

AI + ML28 Mar 2022 | 41

Research finds data poisoning can't defeat facial recognition

Someone can just code an antidote and you're back to square one

AI + ML15 Mar 2022 | 9

Ukraine uses Clearview AI facial-recognition technology

Controversial search engine being used to identify dead and Russian operatives

AI + ML14 Mar 2022 | 7

IRS doesn't completely scrap facial recognition, just makes it optional

But hey, new rules on deleting your selfies

AI + ML23 Feb 2022 | 17

Sri Lanka to adopt India’s Aadhaar digital identity scheme

Biometric IDs for all, cross-border interoperability not on the table

Security09 Feb 2022 | 2

Face Off: IRS kills plan to verify taxpayers with facial recognition database

Updated Uncle Sam takes security, privacy concerns seriously, it says here

AI + ML07 Feb 2022 | 12

UK police lack framework for adopting new tech like AI and face recognition, Lords told

Governance structure is 'a bush, not a tree' – whatever that means

AI + ML19 Jan 2022 | 17

UK privacy watchdog may fine selfie-hoarding Clearview AI £17m... eventually, perhaps

Regulator's 'assertions are factually and legally incorrect' biz tells El Reg

AI + ML30 Nov 2021 | 21

Facebook ditches its creepy, controversial robot – yes, its facial-recognition AI

Updated Social network is going to sit this one out until clear rules are formulated

AI + ML02 Nov 2021 | 14

UK schools slap a hold on facial scanning of children amid fierce criticism

'Consent cannot be truly freely given' says privacy campaigner

AI + ML26 Oct 2021 | 68

Give us your biometric data to get your lunch in 5 seconds, UK schools tell children

Updated Facial recognition for meal payment system works for kids, supplier says

AI + ML18 Oct 2021 | 126

Euro Parliament backs ban on cops using blanket facial-recognition surveillance

Majority of MEPs want end to police face-ID'ing anyone and everyone in public, and more

AI + ML07 Oct 2021 | 19

UK's Surveillance Commissioner warns of 'ethically fraught' facial recognition tech concerns

How about being an anonymous face in a crowd? Is that not allowed anymore?

AI + ML21 Sep 2021 | 12

It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights

But that's what UN group has done

AI + ML16 Sep 2021 | 13

If it were possible to evade facial-recognition systems using just subtle makeup, it might look something like this

Interested in poking away at machine-learning models? This academic study could be a good start

AI + ML16 Sep 2021 | 41

Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance

Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave

AI + ML07 Sep 2021 | 21

Don't believe the hype that AI-generated 'master faces' can break into face recognition systems any time soon

Analysis The machine learning model was trained and tested on limited data

AI + ML10 Aug 2021 | 23

Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech

Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'

AI + ML21 Jul 2021 | 12

Teen turned away from roller rink after AI wrongly identifies her as banned troublemaker

Software claimed it was 97% sure

AI + ML16 Jul 2021 | 129

Regulating facial recognition technology? It's the 'Wild West out there,' says US law boffin

House Committee on the Judiciary told until there is a proper regime, there will be 'misuse, and mistrust' of the tech

Security15 Jul 2021 | 7

Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners

Updated US retailers accused of privacy invasion

Security14 Jul 2021 | 50

US Homeland Security sued for 'stonewalling' over use of Clearview facial recognition

Potential surveillance nightmare could be unfolding in secret, civil-rights warriors fear

AI + ML14 Apr 2021 | 13

Pair accused of turning photos into vids to crack tax dept facial recognition system in China

Then issuing tens of millions in fake invoices

Security31 Mar 2021 | 29

Intel wheels out new face authentication product that works a lot like Apple's FaceID

Chipzilla joins facial-recog race

Security07 Jan 2021 | 9

After demonstrating a facial recognition system that works on cows, moo-chine learning pioneer seeks growth funding

A grand uddertaking

AI + ML27 Nov 2020 | 29

YouTube is going to splash adverts all over your videos, and won't pay creators unless there's a big enough audience

Also bans devs from scraping the site for facial recognition fodder

Personal Tech20 Nov 2020 | 66

Los Angeles police ban facial recognition software and launch review after officers accused of unauthorized use

Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do when they run an algorithm for you?

Science19 Nov 2020 | 9

Europe clamps down on cybersurveillance exports, pushes human rights focus

No selling to evil folks albeit with a few big loopholes for some

Security11 Nov 2020 | 7

Black Lives Matter protester ID'd from Twitter photo via facial-recog system secretly used by US law enforcement

NCRFRILS had never been disclosed publicly – until court case

AI + ML04 Nov 2020 | 28

IBM calls for US export bans on facial recognition tech including cameras and big iron

‘Certain foreign governments’ can’t be allowed to conduct mass surveillance

AI + ML14 Sep 2020 | 17

ICE to see you: Homeland Security's immigration cops tap up Clearview AI to probe child exploitation, cyber-crime

One-year deal worth quarter of a million dollars

AI + ML15 Aug 2020 | 12

Police face-recog tech use in Welsh capital of Cardiff was unlawful – Court of Appeal

Judges went out of their way not to set a nationwide precedent, though

Security11 Aug 2020 | 33

Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's)

Uncle Sam tests AI models with pics of immigrants, travelers. Wait, what?

AI + ML28 Jul 2020 | 52

Sick of AI engines scraping your pics for facial recognition? Here's a way to Fawkes them right up

Cloaking code contaminates snapshots so they're useless for face matching

AI + ML22 Jul 2020 | 66

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview

Investigation follows Canada's decision to give image-scraping biz the boot

AI + ML09 Jul 2020 | 16

NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court

Magical Black Box of Suspects to Arrest is updated annually, says firm

Security30 Jun 2020 | 12

Brit police's use of facial-recognition tech is lawful, no need to question us, cops' lawyer tells Court of Appeal

Plus: Home Office urges judges to leave lax legal framework as is

Security26 Jun 2020 | 58

Detroit cops cuffed, threw a dad misidentified by facial recognition in jail. Now the ACLU's demanding action

Another machine-learning model that can't tell people of color apart? Shocker

AI + ML24 Jun 2020 | 35

Laws on police facial recognition aren't tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal

Top judge replies: Don't understand what you're on about

Security24 Jun 2020 | 45

Hey NYPD, when you're done tear-gassing and running over protesters, can you tell us about your spy gear?

City council demands snoop gear kit reports, mayor OK with that

Security19 Jun 2020 | 81

After IBM axed its face-recog tech, the rest of the dominoes fell like a house of cards: Amazon and now Microsoft. Checkmate

At least its bandwagon-detection AI still works

AI + ML12 Jun 2020 | 43

AWS won't sell facial-recog tool to police for a year – other law enforcement agencies are in the clear

Updated Cop block doesn't mention BLM, nods to legislative interest in writing rules for AI ethics

AI + ML11 Jun 2020 | 14