Thursday, 21 November , 2024

Biometrics

Amazon patents show new level of surveillance

Amazon has registered 17 new patents for biometric technology intended to help its doorbell cameras identify “suspicious” people by scent, skin texture, fingerprints, eyes,...

People are horrified the Taliban seized biometric devices, but the real...

By Kit Klarenberg, 27 Aug, 2021 A huge amount of opprobrium was heaped on the Americans for allowing this sensitive data to fall ‘into the wrong...

The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices

Biometric collection and identification devices were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive. By Ken Klippenstein, Sara Sirota August 18 2021 The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics...

EU poised to create massive transatlantic facial-recognition database, link with US

By Helen Buyniski, RT |22 Feb, 2020 The EU is laying the groundwork for a massive international facial recognition database that may someday hook into the one...