Biometrics

Amazon Shareholders Move to Stop Selling Facial Recognition Tech to Government Agencies

A group of shareholders filed a resolution to halt sales until they can consider the tech’s societal impact.

  • By Aaron Boyd

How AI Will Find You In the Crowd, Without Facial Recognition

New deep learning methods tested on video footage groups of animals could be a surveillance hit.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Survey: Americans Warming to Use of Facial Recognition Tech

Americans do not favor strict limits on facial recognition technology, according to a new national survey.

  • By Frank Konkel

The FBI is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software

The software allows the FBI to go through video surveillance footage much faster than agents can.

  • By Frank Konkel

The Fears Behind Amazon’s ‘Eyes on the Street’

The tech company’s proposed facial-recognition doorbell could be a civil libertarian’s nightmare.

  • By Tanvi Misra, CityLab

Hackers Could 3D Print Your Head to Unlock Your Phone

Facial recognition is not foolproof.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Is Using Retinal Scans to Try to Catch Liars

The technology is supposedly faster, and cheaper, than traditional polygraph tests.

  • By Justin Rohrlich, Quartz

Hertz is Now Using Facial Recognition to Check Out Cars

The car rental company is promising super speedy checkouts.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Amazon And Microsoft Claim AI Can Read Human Emotions. Experts Say the Science Is Shaky

“The problem is now AI is being applied in a lot of social contexts."

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Clearing the Air Around Facial Recognition in Travel

Myths and truths regarding facial recognition.

  • By Neville Pattinson

Microsoft: Tech Companies Must Regulate Their Use of Facial Recognition

The tech company addresses its industry peers.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Secret Service to Test Facial Recognition Tech Around the White House

The ACLU worries about the future implications of this.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Lawmakers Want Better Answers from Amazon About Facial Matching Program

As law enforcement agencies experiment with the tech, lawmakers push for details about accuracy and privacy.

  • By Heather Kuldell

FBI’s Counterterrorism Investigations Now Run on Amazon

The FBI is the latest intelligence agency to partner with Amazon Web Services.

  • By Frank Konkel

CBP’s Facial Biometrics Program Has Caught 26 Alleged Imposters

Since its rollout this summer, the biometrics program is finding more success at land borders than airports.

  • By Aaron Boyd

European Countries to Test AI Border Guards

A new program replaces human border guards with artificially intelligent avatars to watch for deception in travelers. It follows similar efforts that go back a decade.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

ACLU Demands Homeland Security Disclose Facial Recognition Tech Details

The organization is highly concerned with ICE's use of facial recognition technology.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Amazon Is 'Fueling' ICE Deportations, a New Report Says

The report compiles information from contracts, lobbying data and other government and corporate records.

  • By Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz

IARPA Wants to Identify Criminals From Their Skin Cells

The goal isn’t to replace DNA analysis but rather add another technology to forensic analysts’ toolbox.

  • By Jack Corrigan

The Newest Password Technology Is Making Your Phone Easier for Police to Search

For the first time, police have compelled a suspect to unlock his phone using Face ID. The case reveals an interesting inversion: More advanced password technology is less protected from police seizure.

  • By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic