Above: an advertisement on DHS' “Responder Knowledge Base” website. Police agencies nationwide can buy mobile biometrics systems and many other like technologies with DHS funds. Iris scanning biometric technologies allow for the capture of an individual's unique iris pattern by taking a...
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Did you know that a private company which hoards detailed information about your driving habits also has plans to create the largest private sector law enforcement database in the world, by combining plate reads with commercial databases, face recognition technology and more?
A new study has found major flaws in a live facial recognition trial by police in the United Kingdom. Researchers said the trials violated human rights, muddled public consent, and were inaccurate in 81 percent of cases. The Met police began with...
In September, Lawrence became the first city in Massachusetts to pass an ordinance requiring community control of police surveillance. The ordinance requires, among other things, that city agencies like the police get permission from the City Council before deploying new surveillance technologies....
A few weeks ago, the local NPR station in Boston published a piece I wrote about Apple’s new face recognition identification system on the iPhone X. My primary argument was that consumers should reject the technology, in an effort to send a...
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The federal government is close to approving contactless fingerprinting, NextGov reports:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Boston-based public records gurus MuckRock have teamed up to conduct a crowd-sourced survey of US police departments' biometric surveillance systems. You can participate by filling out your own request, seeking information about biometric monitoring in your city or town.
