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Emerging Tech

TSA Launches Facial Recognition Pilot at Las Vegas Airport

The agency will assess how the tech verifies travelers’ live facial images against pictures taken from travelers’ identity documents.

By Brandi Vincent
August 27, 2019

Emerging Tech

DHS is Collecting Biometrics on Thousands of Refugees Who Will Never Enter the U.S.

Most refugees who apply for asylum in the U.S. never set foot in the country, but under an agreement with the United Nations, DHS and its partners can still build biometric profiles on them.

By Jack Corrigan
August 20, 2019

Emerging Tech

Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns in Cities and States

Some lawmakers are proposing to limit its use even as law enforcement officials and landlords are embracing it.

By The Pew Charitable Trusts
August 11, 2019

Emerging Tech

CBP Plans to Use Facial Recognition For ‘All Passenger Applications’

The agency is ramping up its use of biometric identification technology as part of a broader effort to overhaul its traveler processing systems.

By Jack Corrigan
August 9, 2019

Emerging Tech

Senators Urge Homeland Security to Release Mandated Report on its Use of Biometrics

Lawmakers say its delay raises concerns about the Homeland Security Department's continued collection of facial recognition data.

By Brandi Vincent
July 30, 2019

Emerging Tech

The Hidden Challenges in Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The Orlando Police Department ended its pilot program involving facial recognition technology this month, saying the agency was unable to devote the necessary resources to the program.

By Andrea Noble
July 29, 2019

Emerging Tech

How Facial Recognition is Changing CBP Operations

The tech is freeing up Customs and Border Protection employees—once they learned to trust it.

By Brandi Vincent
July 25, 2019

Ideas

FaceApp Is Everyone’s Problem

It feels good to call out people for being duped by the Russian app, but the individualist framing of privacy is the bigger culprit.

By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic
July 22, 2019

Emerging Tech

Army Goggles Will Feature Facial Recognition Tech ‘Very Soon’

A modified gamer headset will allow soldiers to see through a drone’s eyes, aim around corners, and identify the faces of enemies in their sights.

By Patrick Tucker, Defense One
July 18, 2019

CIO Briefing

Experts Tell Congress Facial Recognition’s Bias Problem May Be Here to Stay

Despite significant improvements in the tech’s overall performance, he said, “it’s unlikely” researchers will ever make systems equally accurate across racial and other demographic lines.

By Jack Corrigan
July 10, 2019

Emerging Tech

ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet

ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database.

By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic
July 10, 2019

Emerging Tech

You No Longer Own Your Face

Students were recorded for research—and then became part of a data set that lives forever online, potentially accessible to anyone.

By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic
June 30, 2019

Emerging Tech

Survey: Many Americans Support Facial Recognition in Airports

Though some think it’s invasive, a new survey suggests attitudes about the emerging tech might be improving.

By Brandi Vincent
June 21, 2019

IT Modernization

DHS to Move Biometric Data on Hundreds of Millions of People to Amazon Cloud

The department seeks a new platform to identify people using fingerprints, irises and faces, and eventually DNA, palm prints, scars and tattoos.

By Jack Corrigan
June 19, 2019

Emerging Tech

Survey: U.S. Air Travelers Approve of Biometric Identification

A large majority of respondents said they are willing to give up their biometric data—when they perceive a security benefit.

By Brandi Vincent
June 13, 2019

Cybersecurity

CBP Says Thousands of Traveler Photos Stolen in ‘Malicious Cyber-Attack’

The breach happened at one of the agency’s subcontractors and didn’t involve any data collected under its facial recognition program, officials said.

By Jack Corrigan
June 10, 2019

Emerging Tech

Lawmakers Question Integrity of FBI’s Facial Recognition Program

The bureau for years ignored concerns about the accuracy and transparency of its facial recognition efforts, and the House Oversight Committee isn’t happy about it.

By Jack Corrigan
June 5, 2019

Emerging Tech

CBP’s Airport Facial Recognition ‘Is Not a Surveillance Program’

As the public grows wary of facial recognition, the head of CBP’s biometric entry and exit initiative says the agency is using the tech responsibly.

By Jack Corrigan
May 31, 2019

Emerging Tech

Democrats, Republicans Both Want to Regulate Facial Recognition

If left unchecked, lawmakers worry the tech will infringe on Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, and perpetuate racial and gender discrimination in the criminal justice system.

By Jack Corrigan
May 23, 2019

Emerging Tech

The AI Supply Chain Runs on Ignorance

Tech companies often fail to tell users how their data will be employed. Sometimes, the firms can’t even anticipate it themselves.

By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic
May 15, 2019

The agency will assess how the tech verifies travelers’ live facial images against pictures taken from travelers’ identity documents.

Most refugees who apply for asylum in the U.S. never set foot in the country, but under an agreement with the United Nations, DHS and its partners can still build biometric profiles on them.

Some lawmakers are proposing to limit its use even as law enforcement officials and landlords are embracing it.

The agency is ramping up its use of biometric identification technology as part of a broader effort to overhaul its traveler processing systems.

Lawmakers say its delay raises concerns about the Homeland Security Department's continued collection of facial recognition data.

The Orlando Police Department ended its pilot program involving facial recognition technology this month, saying the agency was unable to devote the necessary resources to the program.

The tech is freeing up Customs and Border Protection employees—once they learned to trust it.

It feels good to call out people for being duped by the Russian app, but the individualist framing of privacy is the bigger culprit.

A modified gamer headset will allow soldiers to see through a drone’s eyes, aim around corners, and identify the faces of enemies in their sights.

Despite significant improvements in the tech’s overall performance, he said, “it’s unlikely” researchers will ever make systems equally accurate across racial and other demographic lines.

ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database.

Students were recorded for research—and then became part of a data set that lives forever online, potentially accessible to anyone.

Though some think it’s invasive, a new survey suggests attitudes about the emerging tech might be improving.

The department seeks a new platform to identify people using fingerprints, irises and faces, and eventually DNA, palm prints, scars and tattoos.

A large majority of respondents said they are willing to give up their biometric data—when they perceive a security benefit.

The breach happened at one of the agency’s subcontractors and didn’t involve any data collected under its facial recognition program, officials said.

The bureau for years ignored concerns about the accuracy and transparency of its facial recognition efforts, and the House Oversight Committee isn’t happy about it.

As the public grows wary of facial recognition, the head of CBP’s biometric entry and exit initiative says the agency is using the tech responsibly.

If left unchecked, lawmakers worry the tech will infringe on Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, and perpetuate racial and gender discrimination in the criminal justice system.

Tech companies often fail to tell users how their data will be employed. Sometimes, the firms can’t even anticipate it themselves.

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