US politicians discover personally the pitfalls of facial recognition: is it...
For all the theoretical concerns about the limitations of facial recognition systems, there’s nothing like personal experience to hammer the point home. That was confirmed recently when the ACLU ran an...
View ArticleAI-based lie detection system will screen travellers to EU for ‘biomarkers of...
As the borders between nations have become increasingly sensitive from a political point of view, so the threats to privacy there have grown. Privacy News Online has already reported on the use of...
View ArticleWhy a passcode is better than biometric access
TL/DR: Don’t use your fingerprintsor facial recognition as access passwords. Biometric access is not secure. Fingerprints or facial recognition as passwords are not legally protected. You can’t change...
View ArticleAs facial recognition systems continue to spread, so do concerns about their...
Facial recognition is hardly new – Privacy News Online has been writing about the topic for years now. But it is becoming more and more the norm, as some recent news shows. For example, the following...
View ArticleWhat happens to identity and privacy when every biometric can be faked?
Identity and privacy are closely bound up. Typically, you use proof of your identity to access your private information. Alongside traditional approaches like passwords and hardware tokens, biometrics...
View ArticleHard to prove harm: Google wins lawsuit over facial recognition
As new privacy laws attempt to address the different ways that companies collect, store and use biometric data, it’s also important to keep an eye on how the courts are interpreting and applying...
View ArticleFacial recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies...
Recently, FaceApp was much in the headlines. It allows users to submit photos of faces and modify them in interesting ways – making peple look older, or younger, or changing their expression. It was...
View ArticleArsenic in the water of democracy: UK police, politicians and privacy...
Last week’s post looked at the increasing number of moves to rein in, or even ban, the use of facial recognition technologies in the US. Another country at the forefront of exploring the legal, social...
View ArticleThe Hong Kong protests reveal how our faces are becoming a key battleground...
The protests in Hong Kong are much in the news. But for readers of this blog, there’s a particular reason why they are of interest. Mainland China is well known for its advanced and pervasive...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong protesters don’t just want privacy from China, they need it to...
Hong Kong protesters are so adamant about covering their face and using the latest privacy apps on their smartphones because they understand what is at stake. China will never understand Hong Kong’s...
View ArticleBeyond Aadhaar: India wants to create a giant centralized facial recognition...
Two years ago, Privacy News Online wrote about Aadhaar, India’s billion-person biometric database, used to check identity, and its potential to become the world’s biggest privacy disaster. Barely six...
View ArticleACLU sues to find out status of facial recognition mass surveillance in America
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice (DoJ), and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The case was filed in...
View ArticleAustralia proposed using facial recognition technology for online gambling...
The Australian government’s Department of Home Affairs has proposed using facial recognition for online age verification for pornography and gambling websites visited by Australians as an update to...
View ArticleRoll-out of facial recognition by governments around the world accelerates as...
A year ago, this blog wrote about the spread of facial recognition systems, and the danger they represent to privacy. Since then, the roll-out has accelerated, as the technology becomes more accurate,...
View ArticleWhat do you get if you put DNA and facial recognition together? Today, it’s...
Two themes crop up again and again on this blog: facial recognition and DNA sequencing. Both technologies on their own are powerful, and steadily becoming greater threats to privacy. So what happens...
View ArticleUS politicians discover personally the pitfalls of facial recognition: is it...
For all the theoretical concerns about the limitations of facial recognition systems, there’s nothing like personal experience to hammer the point home. That was confirmed recently when the ACLU ran an...
View ArticleAI-based lie detection system will screen travellers to EU for ‘biomarkers of...
As the borders between nations have become increasingly sensitive from a political point of view, so the threats to privacy there have grown. Privacy News Online has already reported on the use of...
View ArticleWhy a passcode is better than biometric access
TL/DR: Don’t use your fingerprintsor facial recognition as access passwords. Biometric access is not secure. Fingerprints or facial recognition as passwords are not legally protected. You can’t change...
View ArticleAs facial recognition systems continue to spread, so do concerns about their...
Facial recognition is hardly new – Privacy News Online has been writing about the topic for years now. But it is becoming more and more the norm, as some recent news shows. For example, the following...
View ArticleWhat happens to identity and privacy when every biometric can be faked?
Identity and privacy are closely bound up. Typically, you use proof of your identity to access your private information. Alongside traditional approaches like passwords and hardware tokens, biometrics...
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