Zimbabwean Officials Warned To Register Biometrics Or Lose Pay
(Global Government Forum, Feb 17, 2020)
Civil servants in Zimbabwe have until the end of the month to register their biometric details or risk losing their pay, the government has said. In a statement released earlier this week, Public Service Commission (PSC) secretary ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe said: “The authentication process requires that every member on the payroll has biometric attributes in the Registrar General’s database.”
U.S. Army Modernizes Its Biometric Processing Capabilities
(Army Recognition, Feb 17, 2020)
U.S. Army Futures Command's Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center has developed and delivered software that will enable Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) to modernize the Army's 20-year-old biometric processing capabilities.
Corona Alert: Biometric Attendance Barred In Hospitals
(City Spidey, Feb 17, 2020)
All government hospitals have been sent a notification by the health department of NCT of Delhi to avoid bio metric attendance in view of coronavirus outbreak. Staff of medical and paramedical wings have been advised to mark their attendance manually.
Automated Facial Recognition Breaches GDPR, Says EU Digital Chief
(The Next Web, Feb 17, 2020)
The EU’s digital and competition chief has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, as the technology fails to meet the regulation’s requirement for consent.
Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology Should Be Suspended In The U.S. Says Coalition Of 40 Privacy
(CPO Magazine, Feb 17, 2020)
Facial recognition surveillance technology is a hot-button issue that pulls together several major social concerns; privacy, profiling, authoritarianism and free expression. As both camera hardware and facial recognition software technologies advance to the point that a person can be added to a database and then located in a crowd in under 10 minutes, serious questions emerge about the net social value of their use.
Public Being Kept Out Of The Loop On Facial Recognition Technology
(Now Toronto, Feb 17, 2020)
After first denying it, Toronto police confirmed this week that some officers have been using a powerful new facial recognition technology known as Clearview AI. According to published reports, Toronto police chief Mark Saunders only became aware officers were using the technology less than two weeks ago after a reporter from the Star asked about it. He has ordered them to stop using it until the police department can conduct what a police spokesperson refers to as a “fullsome review.”
Washington Senate Passes Personal Data-Privacy Bill, But Questions Remain
(The Daily Chronicle , Feb 17, 2020)
State lawmakers want Washington to be the gold standard for regulating companies and governments that collect people's digital data or use facial recognition programs. It's an ambitious goal for the home of Amazon and Microsoft, and one that legislators and others hope could become a national model. But as they push forward -- meeting with companies, lobbyists and community advocacy groups -- lawmakers are divided on key aspects.
OpenSSH Adds Support For FIDO/U2F Security Keys
(ZD Net, Feb 17, 2020)
OpenSSH, the internet's most popular utility for managing remote servers, has added today support for the FIDO/U2F protocol. This means that starting with OpenSSH 8.2, released today, users can configure a hardware security key when authenticating via SSH on a remote server.
Your DNA Test Contains A Lie — That Race Is In Your Genes
(Washington Post , Feb 17, 2020)
As DNA tests grew more popular and affordable, my curiosity got the better of me. For about $100, a vial of saliva and a couple weeks of waiting, a company promised a pie chart revealing my ethnic ancestry. The results came back. I was, according to the monochrome chart, “100% European Jewish.”
Vision-Box ID Management And Passenger Flow System To Help Gatwick’s Seamless Travel
(Homeland Security Today, Feb 17, 2020)
Vision-Box’s Orchestra Services Platform and associated technology has been selected by London’s Gatwick Airport, U.K. to meet increasing passenger demand and planned growth. The framework contract was awarded following a competitive tender and selection process. Under the terms of the new 5-year Framework Agreement, Vision-Box will initially replace legacy solutions with its Orchestra Services Platform.
