Biometric Update

ROC highlights facial recognition algorithm’s consistent performance in NIST tests

N Identification report of the Face Recognition Vendor Test was published August 27, and the 1:1 Verification evaluation was ...
Forbes

Facial Recognition Can Make Travel Easier—If Used Responsibly

Jeff Kim, CEO at Yanolja Cloud, is a transformative business leader at the forefront of technology, travel and digital innovation. In June, staff at the Louvre Museum in Paris walked off the job. It ...
abc7NY

Man's wrongful arrest puts NYPD's use of facial recognition tech under scrutiny

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Civil rights and privacy groups are demanding an investigation into the NYPD's alleged misuse of facial recognition technology after a false match led to a man being wrongfully ...

The ethics of workplace facial recognition: Is robust policy the answer?

The biggest unknowns surrounding facial authentication (i.e., data security, bias, and misuse) need to be actively addressed ...
The New York Times

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

Trevis Williams is eight inches taller than a man accused of flashing a woman in Union Square in February. The police arrested him anyway. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times Supported by ...
The Independent

Sainsbury’s starts facial recognition of customers to tackle shoplifters

Sainsbury’s has started testing controversial facial recognition technology in its UK supermarkets in a bid to catch shoplifters. The UK's second largest supermarket has launched an eight-week trial ...
Daily Mail

Police urged to ditch real-time facial recognition in row over human rights

Police Scotland must ditch plans to introduce live facial recognition, human rights groups have urged. Chief Constable Jo Farrell has said the force 'will move ahead' with work to 'develop a live ...
The New York Times

A Wrongful Arrest and Worry About the Accuracy of a Police Tool

Trevis Williams was arrested after facial recognition identified him as a possible match for a suspect. “In the blink of an eye, your whole life could change,” he said. By Liam Stack Good morning.
CNN

NRA says it opposes idea of banning transgender Americans from owning guns

Amid reports the Justice Department is weighing banning transgender people from owning firearms in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church, the National Rifle ...
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NYPD Facial Recognition Faces Bias Claims After Black Man’s Wrongful Arrest

The New York Police Department’s use of facial recognition is under scrutiny after a false match led to the wrongful arrest of a Black man. In February, a woman reported a delivery man — around 5 feet ...
CNN

Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even ...