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Facial Recognition Apps for Home Quarantine a ‘Privacy Disaster’: Report
A woman looks at her phone. (Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels) Facial Recognition Apps for Home Quarantine a ‘Privacy Disaster’: Report A new report from the left-leaning Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology has warned state-level governments to avoid crossing into “new frontiers” of citizen surveillance following the increasing adoption of home quarantine apps in the country. Currently, […]
Do you own your own face?
Do you own your own face? The question of whether you own your own face may not be as clear as you might think. Companies are already buying and selling information worldwide based on facial recognition technology. In January of this year I proposed that the United States adopt a constitutional amendment which would give each person ownership of […]
FOI Documents Confirm RCMP Falsely Denied Using Facial Recognition Software
FOI Documents Confirm RCMP Falsely Denied Using Facial Recognition Software Its contract with Clearview AI started in October, but the force was still denying using the controversial technology three months later. The RCMP denied using facial recognition software on Canadians three months after it had entered into a contract with controversial U.S. company Clearview AI, […]
China Will Use Millions Of Zimbabwe Citizens To Improve Facial Recognition Accuracy
China Will Use Millions Of Zimbabwe Citizens To Improve Facial Recognition Accuracy As China spreads its economic footprints across multiple continents with The Belt and Road Initiative, and exercises more and more control over the lives of its subjects via a combination its Social Credit Score system and vast surveillance state, it appears Beijing’s Big […]
Facial Recognition “Robocops” See Through Our Clothes And Listen To Our Phone Calls
Facial Recognition “Robocops” See Through Our Clothes And Listen To Our Phone Calls It has been six months, since I informed the public about the dangers of police Knightscope robots that look an awful lot like Doctor Who’s infamous Dalek’s. In my article I warned people that police would use Knightscope’s thermal imaging cameras to identify what is under everyone’s […]
“This Is A Major Risk”: France Rolls Out New Facial Recognition Technology
“This Is A Major Risk”: France Rolls Out New Facial Recognition Technology Is this how French President Emmanuel Macron is choosing to celebrate 70 years of Communist rule? In a plan that sounds eerily similar to China’s ‘social credit score’ system, Macron and the French Interior Ministry are pushing ahead plans to launch a national […]
US Fast-Food Drive-Thrus Will Soon Use License Plate And Facial Recognition Technology
US Fast-Food Drive-Thrus Will Soon Use License Plate And Facial Recognition Technology License plate recognition could be the new big thing at American drive-thrus, according to FT. Chains are now looking to deploy cameras that recognize license plates and help identify customers, personalizing digital menus and speeding up sales. Starbucks began a pilot program in Korea last year […]
FBI, ICE Using Facial Recognition To Bulk-Scan DMV Photos In “Unprecedented Surveillance Infrastructure”
FBI, ICE Using Facial Recognition To Bulk-Scan DMV Photos In “Unprecedented Surveillance Infrastructure” The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been using state driver’s license databases to run photos of millions of Americans through facial-recognition systems without their knowledge or consent, according to the Washington Post. Thousands of facial-recognition requests, internal […]
Congressional Democrats Demand Answers About Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology
Photo illustration: Getty Images CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS DEMAND ANSWERS ABOUT AMAZON’S FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY REPS. KEITH ELLISON, D-Minn., and Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday morning, demanding answers about how the tech giant’s facial recognition technology is being used by law enforcement agencies around the country. The letter, provided […]
