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Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology reconfigures suspicion in subtle yet important ways, undermining so-called human-in-the-loop safeguards. Despite the long-standing controversies ...

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Use of facial recognition technology will be expanded across Britain's police forces to help track down criminals, the government said on Thursday, as it proposed a new body ...

Jim Smith just wanted to buy some flowers. He and his wife, Anita, walked into the ShopRite in Sussex expecting to pick up the thoughtful gift for their new neighbors and move on with their day. But ...

Two technologies — one for public safety, one for controlled entry — show why trust in facial recognition must be earned, not assumed. Facial recognition is used for public surveillance and business ...

I traveled through airports and reported in sports stadiums this year. At each, I was asked to scan my face for security. An AI security camera demo at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the fall, my ...

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...

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Operator-initiated facial recognition (OIFR) is gaining popularity in the U.S. and UK as a tool for identifying possible illegal immigrants or criminal suspects in public. OIFR is a subset of live ...

U.S. citizens can opt out of the facial recognition process, which CBP intends to expand to all air, sea and land ports. Customs and Border Protection is now authorized to require biometrics from all ...

Huawei has officially confirmed the first details about its upcoming Mate 80 phones. The company recently announced HarmonyOS 6, which will come pre-installed on the Mate 80 series. Now, new HarmonyOS ...