Senators Introduce Bill To Regulate Facial Recognition Technology
(The Hill, Mar 14, 2019)
A bipartisan pair of senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would regulate the commercial use of facial recognition technology, an issue that has gained steam as critics have raised civil rights concerns over the relatively unregulated technology.
ICE Is Tapping Into A Huge License-Plate Database, ACLU Says, Raising New Privacy Concerns About Surveillance
(Washington Post, Mar 13, 2019)
Local police forces have long used those scanners to track criminal suspects and enforce traffic laws across the United States. But the records the ACLU obtained from the Department of Homeland Security through a Freedom of Information Act request shed new light on a little-noticed and expanding network of surveillance that has developed over the years and for which there appear to be few legal limitations.
Union City Disputes ACLU Report That Its Police Share Data With ICE
(East Bay Times, Mar 13, 2019)
Union City’s police department is included on a list of 80 departments nationwide whose data is being fed to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the ACLU said Wednesday. The database containing the information is a product of Livermore-based Vigilant Solutions, a company that makes automated license plate readers and other technology, whose ties with ICE were revealed last year. But Victor Derting, a captain with the Union City Police Department, said Wednesday that his department does not use license plate readers with cameras.
The Day I Fed My Friends To An IBM Algorithm
(Forbes, Mar 13, 2019)
IBM reduced the size of the original database, converting it into a file of approximately one million faces, supplemented by adding about two hundred values ranging from measurements of certain facial dimensions to the type of pose, skin tone, gender or estimated age.
Creative Commons Says Copyright Can’t Protect Your Photos From Ending Up In A Facial Recognition Database
(The Verge, Mar 14, 2019)
This week, NBC reported that facial recognition researchers at companies like IBM often feed their algorithms photos from publicly available collections, only protected by a Creative Commons license, without requesting permission from the people who are photographed. The incident raised the question of whether or not such training could be considered a valid use under the Creative Commons licenses.
Bad Biometrics: Samsung’s New S10 Phone
(Security Boulevard, Mar 14, 2019)
When biometrics work properly, they can provide you with an easy to use security solution with a reasonable level of assurance for most types of information. But, when they are not implemented properly, they can leave important data unprotected and give us a false sense of security.
Apple Making Your iPhone Safe From Your Evil Twin
(Cult of Mac, Mar 14, 2019)
The Face ID biometric security system is already extremely accurate but Apple wants to make it even more safe. The company has come up with a method for telling the difference between two people who are almost identical because they’re closely related.
Biometric Screening At Airports Is Spreading Fast, But Some Fear The Face-Scanning Systems
(NBC News, Mar 14, 2019)
Air travelers who have used some form of a biometric system to enter and exit a country worldwide gave it a satisfaction rating of 8.36 out of 10, according to a report issued in February 2019 by SITA and the industry publication Air Transport World.
The Biometric Smart Card: Connecting The Digitally Excluded
(Information Security Buzz, Mar 14, 2019)
Biometric fingerprint sensors are the answer for the digitally excluded as they are a simpler, personal and secure means for people to gain access. Whilst this method of authentication has been present in smartphones for several years, biometric fingerprint sensors are now being successfully integrated into laptops, and many other everyday IT devices, to provide a convenient and simple solution to access.
Proposed Rule Would Force Health Care Providers To Share Records Electronically
(Nextgov, Mar 14, 2019)
The rule—proposed by the Trump administration in February and out for public comment—would force health care providers and plans to provide health records to patients in a standardized electronic format.
Princeton Identity's IOM Access600e Iris And Face Biometric Identity Device
(Security Info Watch, Mar 14, 2019)
The Access600e replaces the company’s Access500e model, offering superior performance, significantly lower pricing, and a sleek, updated form factor that allows it to fit easily on tight table counters.
Alabama Revenue Department Works With Advanced Identity Program
(AL.com, Mar 14, 2019)
Alabama’s Revenue Department this year is fully rolling out an app which it says helps taxpayers verify their identities and prevents fraudsters from collecting money illegally. IDEMIA, a maker of Augmented Identity technology, and the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) say the IDEMIA eID app is available this year among multiple platforms.
connect:ID 2019, Washington, DC (April 29 - May 1, 2019)
(IBIA, Apr 29, 2019)
REGISTER TODAY! connect:ID is an innovative international conference and free global exhibition that focus on identity technologies and their management in both the physical and digital worlds. Its mission is to showcase the potential of next-generation identity solutions, and to highlight how disruptive technology and policy decisions are driving much needed change.
