RUSSIA MAY BE USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AGAINST PROTESTORS

Highlights:

• As the protests are sweeping across Russia, the government of Russia is going to be using the facial recognition technology against the protestors
• A popular photographer has said that, he has heard police officers saying about some Face id...

U.S. LAWMAKERS PLANNING TO BAN FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE

Highlights

• The U.S. lawmakers are planning to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol complex

• Michael Sheldon said he had provided the FBI possible names of many people in violent courtesy of ...

China introduces face scans for mobile users

 A face scan will be mandatory for people in China to register for new mobile phone services. It came into effect on December 1.

Earlier for registration of new mobile service, people had to provide their national identity cards along with their photos. This face r...

Facebook’s Facial Recognition App - A bliss or a curse?

Of late, the tech giant Facebook has been battling many privacy issues. In an experiment, Facebook tried a face recognition app on its employees in order to find out how effective the app is. According to the sources, employees can use their smartphone cameras in order to recognize their colleagu...

Face recognition system rollout was too hurried, Queensland police report discloses

The biggest mass surveillance operation known to have been used by police in Australia was so rushed that it lacked the data to operate effectively, the ABC has learned. But the Queensland Police Service tried to keep that a secret. The facial recognition system used in Queensland during the G...