Tag: facial recognition
Instagram Sued for Illegal Harvesting of Facial Recognition Data
After paying $650 million earlier this year to settle a lawsuit alleging improper use of facial-recognition data, Facebook is now facing a new lawsuit...
“Who Has Your Face” Quiz Reveals Which US Agencies Have Your Facial Data
In a time when lawmakers can get to know you just by getting a picture of yours, privacy has become more of a myth...
Upcoming Phones Will Detect Live Skin with this New Face Scanning Tech
In 2017, Apple introduced the FaceID with their iPhone X that could unlock the smartphone via 3D scan of the face. Although the system...
The US Military’s New Tech Will Identify Faces from 1km Away
The US Military is one unit that is advancing at an exponential rate by developing new tech for its soldiers every other day. From...
Face Recognition App Helped Indian Police to Reunite Missing Children with Families
India is a country with a massive population of 1.3 billion citizens. From this humongous number, nearly 40,000 children are snatched each year, according...
Indian Railways to Use Facial Recognition at Stations, Inside Trains: Report
AI-based facial recognition software is being deployed by consumer companies, government departments and law-enforcement agencies in India with every passing day, and it is...
IFF Sends Legal Notice to Government For Using Facial Recognition at Modi Rally
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has sent a legal notice to the secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and the commissioner of Delhi Police for...
China Now Requires Facial Scans for Buying a New SIM Card
China is taking its widespread use of facial recognition technology a step further with its new rule, which went into effect from December 1...
Chaayos Capturing Facial Data of Customers Without Explicit Consent
Fast food and beverage retail chain, Chaayos, has found itself in a midst of controversy after journalist and MediaNama founder, Nikhil Pahwa, uploaded a...
This Software Protects Your Identity from Facial Recognition
One of the major problems faced by companies for efficiently commercializing facial recognition technology is that the input data contains personal information that could...
Facebook Testing Facial Recognition to Verify User ID, Raising Privacy Concerns
Amidst a deluge of data breaches and persistent violation of user trust, Facebook has confirmed that it is working on facial-recognition software that might...
India Reportedly Building World’s Largest Facial Recognition System
Adding to the worries of privacy advocates and civil right activists in India, the country's government is reportedly creating what is being described as...
Pixel 4 Facial Recognition Allegedly Works Even if You’re Asleep
Google's Pixel 4, which was unveiled to a relatively muted response earlier this week, brings hardware-based facial recognition, but a tweet from a BBC...
India Is Planning to Implement Facial Recognition for Police
According to recent reports, India could be following the footsteps set by the Chinese government on mass surveillance for the sake of law enforcement....
Google Pixel 4 to Feature Next-Gen Facial Recognition: Report
Online speculations suggest that the next-gen Pixel handsets will ship with some sort of a hardware-based 3D facial recognition feature that will be more...
Hyderabad Airport is India’s First Airport to Use Facial Recognition for Passengers
Facial recognition is a feature that has a lot of positive potentials if implemented in an efficient way and it appears like the Indian...
Google Patents Facial Recognition System Based on Users’ Social Media Data
Google has access to more user data than the company cares to acknowledge but according to a recent report from The Next Web, the amount of data...
Vivo Could Unveil 3D Facial Recognition Camera Module at MWC Shanghai Next Week
Once Apple made facial recognition in smartphones a 'thing' by introducing the feature in the iPhone X last year, most Android vendors jumped on...
You Could Soon Be Using Your Face As Your Only Passport at Airports
Imagine being able to walk through an airport's security check with a single token - without needing a ticket, a boarding pass or a...
Facial Recognition Software Is Biased Based on Gender and Race: Study
Facial recognition technology is no longer a gimmick. It's increasingly being used in more pedestrian ways and is showing no signs of slowing down....