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Amazon Goes Full Orwellian
Amazon Goes Full Orwellian Bezos poised to become knower of all things, with strategic moves to collect info on individuals inside and out. “We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it,” came a warning from George Orwell’s novel, 1984, that is rapidly, wickedly, becoming prophecy with new Amazon eye-in-the- […]
Police Use Facial Recognition Doorbells To Create Private Watchlist Networks
Police Use Facial Recognition Doorbells To Create Private Watchlist Networks Earlier this year, I reported that Amazon’s spying Ring doorbells are being installed everywhere and how everyone’s privacy is at stake. But a recent CNN article revealed that Amazon wants to turn homeowners’ doorbells into facial recognition devices using their Rekogntion software. An Amazon patent application which was made […]
National facial recognition database to use loyalty rewards to identify American shoppers
National facial recognition database to use loyalty rewards to identify American shoppers image credit: Zenus Biometrics For years, I have been warning people about facial recognition in retail stores, but this story might convince you to avoid retail stores altogether. A recent article in Biometric Update. com (BU) reveals that retail stores have a master […]
The Dystopian Future of Facebook
The Dystopian Future of Facebook Photo Source thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 This year Facebook filed two very interesting patents in the US. One was a patent for emotion recognition technology; which recognises human emotions through facial expressions and so can therefore assess what mood we are in at any given time-happy or anxious […]
How the government uses its giant facial recognition database
How the government uses its giant facial recognition database In July 1996, flight TWA 800 exploded in mid-air, 12 minutes after taking off from JFK International Airport in New York. All 230 passengers on board were killed. It would be four years before an investigation concluded the likely cause of the explosion was a short […]
The Government Wants Airlines to Delay Your Flight So They Can Scan Your Face
Photo: Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images THE GOVERNMENT WANTS AIRLINES TO DELAY YOUR FLIGHT SO THEY CAN SCAN YOUR FACE OMNIPRESENT FACIAL RECOGNITION has become a golden goose for law enforcement agencies around the world. In the United States, few are as eager as the Department of Homeland Security. American airports are currently […]
Facial Recognition Toll Booths Identify Drivers and Passengers, Notify Police Within Seconds
Facial Recognition Toll Booths Identify Drivers and Passengers, Notify Police Within Seconds The state of New York is using facial recognition cameras to identify drivers and passengers at toll booths. A recent article in the New York Post revealed that toll booths use facial recognition to identify everyone. “We are now moving to facial-recognition technology, […]
Big Brother Surveillance Begins: Cuomo Unveils Facial Scanning At New York Toll Plazas
Big Brother Surveillance Begins: Cuomo Unveils Facial Scanning At New York Toll Plazas New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed on Friday that facial recognition cameras installed at bridge and tunnel toll plazas across New York City are scanning every driver’s face and feeding them into a massive database designed to catch suspected criminals. “When it […]
China: Testing Ground for U.S. Surveillance
China: Testing Ground for U.S. Surveillance There is little doubt for most of us that the recent shootings in Florida were not merely a “spontaneous, random event,” precipitated by one individual. At the very least, if Cruz (the alleged shooter) was a “lone wolf,” then the Deep State and those who back it in the […]
Trump Administration to Test Biometric Program to Scan Faces of Drivers and Passengers in Vehicles
Trump Administration to Test Biometric Program to Scan Faces of Drivers and Passengers in Vehicles The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to launch a pilot program to scan the faces of drivers and passengers at Anzalduas Port near McAllen, Texas. On Thursday the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans for a new […]
Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow
Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow Biometric authentication “will be of great benefit to everyone.” Mastercard has set a deadline for widespread use of biometric identification for its services across the whole of the EU: April 2019. Mastercard Identity Check, currently available in 37 countries, enables individuals to use biometric identifiers, such as fingerprint, facial, and […]
DHS Announces Program to ILLEGALLY Scan Our Faces—And They’re Forcing Us to Pay For It
DHS Announces Program to ILLEGALLY Scan Our Faces—And They’re Forcing Us to Pay For It Both Congress and the Department of Homeland Security have never justified the biometric scanners at airports that could cost Americans $1 billion in 2018. As TSA agents continue to prove their incompetence in the “War on Terror,” the Department of […]
Arizona Citizens Tracked In Facial Recognition Database In First Step For REAL ID Implementation
Arizona Citizens Tracked In Facial Recognition Database In First Step For REAL ID Implementation Arizona citizens are now in a government database that uses facial recognition technology to track them simply for getting a driver’s license. This allows federal and local law enforcement to use the “perpetual lineup” of suspects not accused of a crime to […]
The Surveillance State: An Inexorable March Toward Totalitarianism
The Surveillance State: An Inexorable March Toward Totalitarianism Gizmodo released an article entitled “US Homeland Security Wants Facial Recognition to Identify People in Moving Cars,” on 11/2/17 by Matt Novak. The Surveillance State has slowed down its rate of growth since the President took office, however, it has not halted that growth. Instead, it lies festering […]
The Face of Surveillance: Malcolm Turnbull’s Recognition Database
The Face of Surveillance: Malcolm Turnbull’s Recognition Database Never miss an opportunity in the security business. A massacre in Las Vegas has sent its tremors through the establishments, and made its way across the Pacific into the corridors of Canberra and the Prime Minister’s office. Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull is very keen to make hay out […]
