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Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous Vote (Gizmodo, Oct 16, 2019)
Berkeley, California became the fourth U.S. city to pass a ban on all government use of facial recognition technology on Tuesday night following a unanimous yes vote by the City Council.
 

Chinese Facial Recognition Tech Installed In Nations Vulnerable To Abuse (CBS News, Oct 16, 2019)
When hundreds of video cameras with the power to identify and track individuals started appearing in the streets of Belgrade as part of a major surveillance project, some protesters began having second thoughts about joining anti-government demonstrations in the Serbian capital.
 

FBI Warns of Criminals Using Social Engineering, Technical Attacks to Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (Hot For Security, Oct 16, 2019)
FBI’s Cyber Division issued a Private Industry Notification (PIN) warning businesses and other organizations that criminals are using a variety of hacking attacks and social engineering to bypass multi-factor authentication.
 

Amazon Set To Be Next Big U.S. Defense Contractor (Big Think, Oct 16, 2019)
Amazon appears to be the favorite. But it remains unclear how such a partnership between industry and government would affects concerns over privacy and the storage of sensitive military data.
 

Workers Welcome Their Robot Overlords! More Than Half Of Employees Prefer To Interact With AI Than Their Manager - And Feel It Does A Better Job (Daily Mail, Oct 16, 2019)
A survey across 10 countries have found that 64 percent prefer to seek advice or guidance from artificial intelligence over their boss and 82 percent feels it does a better job.
 

Amazon’s Police Power Sounding Alarms Among Blacks and Communities of Color (The Charleston Chronicle , Oct 16, 2019)
It’s no secret that Amazon has been promoting DIY (Do It Yourself) surveillance products to consumers, such as its very own smart doorbell, Ring. But what Amazon shoppers and most everyday Americans are just starting to find out is that the real target customers for these surveillance tools are police departments and other law enforcement agencies – something that should have every person of color worried.
 

Concerns Over Technology, Ethics As French Politicians Embrace Facial Recognition (France 24, Oct 16, 2019)
The French interior ministry unveiled over the summer a smartphone app called Alicem, allowing people with a biometric passport or electronic residence permit to identify themselves on the Internet through facial recognition technology. France would be the first European country to offer such a service, which will be ready in November, according to Bloomberg. But there are technological as well as ethical questions


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BIO-key And European IT Services Provider Applied Technologies Team to Deliver Company-Wide Biometric Authentication Solution to a European Consumer Services Provider (Global Newswire, Oct 16, 2019)
Today announced that its newly established reseller partnership with Applied Technologies has secured an order to provide a biometric authentication solution to a consumer facing service provider that was seeking to enhance its network security by reducing its reliance on passwords.

 

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