Facial Recognition

Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe

Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe

Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97

Data watchdog tells off outsourcing giant for scanning staff biometrics despite 'power imbalance'

2,000 employees at 38 facilities had data processed 'unlawfully', ICO says

Security26 Feb 2024 | 9

UK lawmakers say live facial recognition lacks a legal basis

Lords warn Home Secretary there is nothing to regulate wider trawl of large populations

Public Sector30 Jan 2024 | 32

Macy's and Sunglass Hut sued for $10M over face-recog arrest and 'sexual assault'

Man, 61, cuffed and allegedly attacked after 'faulty' AI software blundered

AI + ML24 Jan 2024 | 36

Facial recognition tech has outpaced US law – and don't expect the Feds to catch up

Comment Let's be realistic: If the EU can't regulate it well, America definitely won't

Public Sector17 Jan 2024 | 10

FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years

Among the mistakes, an 11-year-old girl was misidentified as a shoplifter and searched

AI + ML20 Dec 2023 | 35

Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports

Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days

Public Sector01 Dec 2023 | 40

Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI

Updated Britain's ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited

Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11

UK policing minister urges doubling down on face-scanning tech

'No question' it will solve more crimes, Tory MP claims

Security31 Oct 2023 | 49

US government's Login.gov turns frown upside down, now smiles on facial recognition

Authentication portal to match snaps on existing IDs with user-provided snaps

Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 23

Chinese citizens feel their government is doing such a fine job with surveillance

They know they're being watched and don't mind - maybe because Beijing says it improves safety

Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 38

Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport

No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet

Security02 Oct 2023 | 16

Watchdog urges change of HART: Late, expensive US biometric ID under fire

Homeland Security told to mind costs, fix up privacy controls

Security13 Sep 2023 | 3

Get a $25 gift card if you help the US check whether these facial logins really work

NB: That will involve handing over your selfies and other personal info to AI outfits to experiment with

AI + ML21 Aug 2023 | 8

China – which surveils everyone everywhere – floats facial recognition rules

Regulator says with a straight face that it should not be allowed to analyze ethnicity

Security08 Aug 2023 | 12

Cops cuff pregnant woman for carjacking after facial recog gets it wrong, again

Not-so smart tech, or officers, it seems

AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 86

Hikvision, Nvidia named in contract for 'Uyghur detection'

Updated GPU giant says you can't stop secondary sales, surveillance gear maker maintains innocence

Security31 Jul 2023 | 8

No-no cop: Illinois bans drones from using facial recognition or weapons

But police are allowed to fly them for 'public safety' missions

AI + ML17 Jun 2023 | 29

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 | 59

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