#facialrecognition
How a new type of #AI is helping #police skirt #facialrecognition bans
Adoption of the tech has civil liberties advocates alarmed, especially as the government vows to expand #surveillance of #protesters and #students.
The tool, called #Track and built by the video analytics company Veritone, is used by 400 customers, including state and local police departments and universities all over the US.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1116295/how-a-new-type-of-ai-is-helping-police-skirt-facial-recognition-bans/ #privacy
More airports are scanning faces. A new bill would limit the practice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/08/tsa-face-recognition-airports-privacy-merkley/
More US #Airports are Scanning Faces. But a New Bill Could Limit the Practice - Slashdot
#biometrics #facialrecognition
US #Customs and #Border Protection Plans to #Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car
A #CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding #Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport.
#privacy #facialrecognition #biometrics #selfdeport #deport #immigration
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-face-recognition-exit-us-border/
Well, Well, Well: #Meta to Add #FacialRecognition To Glasses After All
https://www.404media.co/well-well-well-meta-to-add-facial-recognition-to-glasses-after-all/
Heads up drivers: CBP is expanding facial recognition to scan everyone in vehicles leaving the US. This data could be used to track self-deportations, a new layer in border tech. #FacialRecognition #SurveillanceState #BorderTech
#meta Renews Work on Facial Recognition Tech as Privacy Worries Fade — The Information ( subscription required.)
#privacy #facialrecognition #security #facebook #socialmedia
Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add #FacialRecognition To Glasses After All
… Meta is working on facial recognition for the company’s #RayBan glasses. This sort of tech is something that big tech including #Meta has been able to technically pull off, but has previously decided to not release. There are serious, inherent risks with the idea of anyone being able to instantly know the real #identity of anyone who just happens to walk past their camera feed,
#privacy #security
https://www.404media.co/well-well-well-meta-to-add-facial-recognition-to-glasses-after-all/
Many have been falsely accused as a result of the software’s ineffectiveness, particularly racial minorities.
According to EDRi (European Digital Rights) @edri Hungary 
has passed new law amendments that break the EU AI Act and allow local authorities to use real-time #facialrecognition software for minor infractions such as peaceful protests
https://edri.org/our-work/hungarys-new-biometric-surveillance-laws-violate-the-ai-act/
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Report: Meta Plans to Give its Ray-Ban AI Glasses Facial Recognition Amid Privacy Fears
#AI #Meta #AIGlasses #FacialRecognition #SmartGlasses #Privacy #Wearables #MetaAI #RayBanMeta
»#Meta is reportedly working on #facialrecognition for its #AIglasses: Diminished tech #privacy appears to be another ripple effect from #Trump 2.0.« https://www.engadget.com/wearables/meta-is-reportedly-working-on-facial-recognition-for-its-ai-glasses-195502788.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Age verification laws and propositions forcing platforms to restrict content accessed by children and teens have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
Hungary’s new #BiometricSurveillance laws violate the EU #AIAct
The expansion of the use of #FacialRecognition technology in Hungary is incredibly concerning. The government plans to use it to track and identify people attending peaceful assemblies, such as #BudapestPride, and for minor infractions.
The EU must act urgently to protect our #FundamentalRights 
Read our full analysis with @ecnl, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, & Civil Liberties Union for Europe 
https://edri.org/our-work/hungarys-new-biometric-surveillance-laws-violate-the-ai-act/
US #Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car
Customs and Border Protection has called for tech companies to pitch real-time face recognition technology that can capture everyone in a vehicle—not just those in the front seats.
#privacy #cpd #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-photo-everyone-in-vehicle-us-border/
US Customs is calling for new facial recognition tech to capture everyone in a vehicle at borders, even backseat passengers. Current systems struggle with full vehicle coverage and accuracy. #BorderTech #FacialRecognition #Privacy
Event owners are using facial analysis to capture analytic data on attendees. Here's why the meeting industry should ditch this technology.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/01/facial-analysis-events
"Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, identify-verification technology startup says it will begin expanding to the US starting May 1 and will launch a phone-like hardware device by next year. Those changes—and a promised World-branded debit card—signal the company’s ambitions to develop a “super app”—a goal shared by Elon Musk.
Altman and Alex Blania, a German physics researcher, announced at an event in San Francisco Wednesday evening that their venture-backed company, Tools for Humanity, is updating its “World” products to include a new, smaller, eye-scanning orb. The device-and-app combo scans people’s irises, creates a unique user ID, stores that information on the blockchain, and uses it as a form of identity verification. If enough people adopt the app globally, the thinking goes, it could ostensibly thwart scammers.
Altman has expressed concern about the amount of fakery that new AI tools will enable, including the generative AI tools pioneered by his other startup, OpenAI, which is valued at $300 billion. So the World app, and its hardware component, are Altman’s solution to the problem."
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/
