Russia ramps up facial recognition systems
From cameras criss-crossing the city to payment systems popping up at metro gates and supermarket checkouts, facial recognition is rapidly taking root in Moscow.
Mar 10, 2021
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Internet
WhatsApp adds biometric authentication to link phone, web accounts
WhatsApp users with biometric authentication—including facial recognition and fingerprint features—enabled on their phones will now have an added layer of security if they want to link their accounts with their computer's ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Nearly 1.4 million Illinois Facebook users have filed claims in $650 million privacy settlement
Facebook users have until Monday to claim their share of a $650 million class action settlement over alleged violations of the state's biometric privacy law.
Nov 19, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Stressed on the job? An AI teammate may know how to help
Humans have been teaming up with machines throughout history to achieve goals, be it by using simple machines to move materials or complex machines to travel in space. But advances in artificial intelligence today bring possibilities ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Business
Amazon sees broad audience for its palm recognition tech
Amazon has introduced new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees a broader potential audience in stadiums, offices and other gated or secured locations.
Sep 29, 2020
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Engineering
3-D biometric authentication based on finger veins almost impossible to fool
Biometric authentication, which uses unique anatomical features such as fingerprints or facial features to verify a person's identity, is increasingly replacing traditional passwords for accessing everything from smartphones ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Laughter as a unique biometric signature
The popular view of biometric security often invokes fingerprint readers, iris or retinal scans, and voice-activated systems. However, any unique human characteristic whether the shape of one's ears, the whole face, the pattern ...
Jul 23, 2020
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Amazon can't make facial recognition go away
Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft have generated a lot of excitement by announcing that they will, at least for a while, stop selling facial recognition software to police departments. Municipalities have imposed moratoriums. Some ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Secure smart-home entry via earprint
Fingerprints and DNA are widely known forms of biometrics, thanks to crime dramas on television. But as technology advances the Internet of Things, the interconnection of computer devices in common objects, other forms of ...
May 15, 2020
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Computer Sciences
New privacy threat combines device identification with biometric information
A study by computer scientists at the University of Liverpool has revealed a new privacy threat from devices such as smartphones, smart doorbells and voice assistants that allows cyber attackers to access and combine device ...
Apr 29, 2020
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