CBP Announces Deployment Of Mobile Passport Control In P.R.
(ST John Source, Aug 15, 2019)
The San Juan Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Tuesday the upcoming implementation of Mobile Passport Control (MPC) in Puerto Rico. U.S. citizens and Canadian visitors will now have the option of MPC processing, which expedites the entry to the United States from foreign countries by using a mobile application to submit a user’s passport and travel information to Customs and Border Protection.
Major Breach Found In Biometrics System Used By Banks, Uk Police And Defence Firms
(The Guardian, Aug 15, 2019)
Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database
Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents
(Wall Street Journal, Aug 15, 2019)
Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation
The Head Of A Senate Tech Task Force Wants To Focus On Data Privacy
(Washington Post , Aug 15, 2019)
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s new tech task force leader, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), wants to use her perch to hold tech companies accountable. But before Congress aims its hammer at Big Tech's power, she says lawmakers need to pass data privacy legislation and see how that changes the companies' business models and impacts competition in the market.
U.S. Military Developing Cyber System With Wearable And Biometrics For Mobile Network Access Security
(Military Aerospace, Aug 15, 2019)
When the soldier is close to a network, the system would recognize the soldier and prompt him or her to enter a PIN or biometric as a second factor.
Ohio Attorney General Suspends Facial Recognition Program, Orders More Training
(WTOL, Aug 15, 2019)
Review also finds that the federal government did not use the state's driver's license database to conduct mass surveillance.
How Are States Responding To Facial Recognition Surveillance?
(POGO, Aug 15, 2019)
The Constitution Project at the Project On Government Oversight conducted an analysis of all of the facial recognition technology bills passed or up for consideration in state legislatures this year. The map below details our findings.
Amazon Says Its Facial Recognition Software Can Detect Fear
(Daily Dot, Aug 15, 2019)
Amazon says that “Fear” has been added to the company’s list of detectable emotions alongside “Happy, Sad, Angry, Surprised, Disgusted, Calm, and Confused.” The tool’s overall ability to detect age range, gender, and emotion have been improved as well.
As Face-recognition Technology Spreads, So Do Ideas For Subverting It
(Economists , Aug 15, 2019)
A backlash, though, is brewing. The authorities in several American cities, including San Francisco and Oakland, have forbidden agencies such as the police from using the technology. In Britain, members of parliament have called, so far without success, for a ban on police tests. Refuseniks can also take matters into their own hands by trying to hide their faces from the cameras or, as has happened recently during protests in Hong Kong, by pointing hand-held lasers at cctv cameras. to dazzle them
Next Time You Go Through A Red Light In China Its Growing Facial Recognition Network May Catch You Out
(Yahoo, Aug 15, 2019)
China’s traffic police are pushing ahead with a nationwide network of facial recognition surveillance cameras to deal with rule violations despite rising global anxiety over the new technology’s impact on privacy.
Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents
Publisher: Wall Street Journal
Aug 15, 2019