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Air France To Run Biometric Boarding Trials At New York JFK And Houston Airport (Get.com, Jul 12, 2019)
Air France has announced the carrier is looking to expand its use of biometrics at its gateway airports in the United States. In particular, the French carrier will be running biometric boarding trials for Air France flights originating out of New York JFK Airport and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. According to the carrier, approximately 2,200 passengers travel with Air France from New York JFK Airport and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport daily.
 

Schools Are Scanning Fingerprints And This Mumsnet User Isn't Happy (Pro Privacy, Jul 12, 2019)
This week, a concerned parent has taken to the popular forum Mumsnet to ask fellow users how they feel about their children being scanned. In the post, the Mum of two wrote:
 

House Democrats Back Facial Recognition Technology In Washington Hearing (WSWS, Jul 12, 2019)
The House Homeland Security Committee heard testimony on Wednesday regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s use of facial recognition and biometric technology after numerous recent media reports exposed the use of these tools for secret police surveillance of the public.
 

Digital Identity – Follow Logic, Not Uncertain Reputation (Payments Journal, Jul 12, 2019)
Follow logic and we will find a simple fact – What was presented by a number of big names as an extremely complicated problem is actually not complicated at all. It is just simple and plain as unraveled below.
 

The Week In Tech: Big Brother May Be Watching, But For How Long? (NY Times, Jul 12, 2019)
Proponents of facial recognition by government and law enforcement argue that it's an important security tool. But critics keep getting louder and more numerous ...
 

Ohio AG To Review Federal Access To Driver's License Photo Database (The Center Square, Jul 12, 2019)
Ohio Attorney General David Yost is directing a systematic review of databases under his office’s control, including the driver’s license database that stores photos and other identifiable information about Ohioans.
 

Police Trials Of Facial Recognition Backed By Home Secretary (Yahoo, Jul 12, 2019)
The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has thrown his support behind police trials of controversial facial recognition technology.The Neoface system used by the Metropolitan police and South Wales police is supplied by the Japanese company NEC, which markets the same technology to retailers and casinos to spot regular customers, and to stadium and concert operators to scan crowds for “potential troublemakers”.
 

Facial Recognition Technology Is Worrying Us Air Passengers – And It's Coming To Britain (Telegraph, Jul 12, 2019)
The Trump administration's drive to use facial recognition technology at US airports for all international passengers has run into opposition from privacy and civil liberties groups.
 

Is Fooling An AI Algorithm Really That Easy? (Analytics India Mag, Jul 12, 2019)
But the question arises — how safe are these? Are they foolproof? Can these autonomous systems be ‘hacked’ or ‘manipulated’ in some way to cater to nefarious designs of terrorists? Is a ‘100%’ switch to these systems viable and secure? Most importantly – can AI algorithms themselves be used to fooling other state-of-the-art AI algorithms?
 

Facial Recognition Will Be Used To Spot History Sheeters And Missing People Only, Assures Home Ministry (Business Insider , Jul 12, 2019)
The Ministry of Home Affairs, on Thursday, clarified that the Automated Facial Recognition technology will only be used to trace identities of people featuring in Crime & Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS) — the national database of crime and criminals.

 

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