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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 ...

Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) systems rely on analyzing facial dynamics, particularly the movement of eyes and mouth regions, to distinguish between live faces and spoofing attempts. Face mask ...

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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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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. will expand the use of facial recognition technology to track non-citizens entering and leaving the country in order to combat visa overstays and passport fraud ...

Autumn Gardiner thought updating her driving license would be straightforward. After getting married last year, she headed to the local Department of Motor Vehicles office in Connecticut to get her ...

Joanne Orlando receives funding from NSW Department of Education and previously from office of eSafety Commissioner. Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social ...

Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social media feed, and chances are you might be asked to scan your face. Facial recognition and other kinds of face-based ...

I'm currently experiencing an issue with the Windows application Facial Recognition Comprehensive System. Upon launching, the system fails to initialize the facial ...

A Brooklyn father said he was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition technology used by the New York City Police Department misidentified him. Advocates are now calling for a ban on that ...