Fort Worth, Texas, Increasing Number of Surveillance Cameras
(Government Technology, Mar 26, 2024)
There are currently 217 license plate cameras watching Fort Worth streets, and 20 more are set to be deployed soon, said Sgt. Jason Spencer, a public information officer with the police department.
New at Nats Park: Facial Recognition Entry, Expanded Pre-Game Happy Hour, and New Food Vendors
(Washington City Paper, Mar 26, 2024)
The most dystopian new feature of Nationals Park is the new Major League Baseball Go-Ahead Entry. Billed as “a fast, hands-free, eyes-up entry into the ballpark,” it’s like Global Entry but for baseball stadiums. “Go-Ahead Entry uses facial authentication technology, which allows ticket holders who have opted-in to the service to enter the ballpark at dedicated gates at full walking speed without stopping,” according to a press release announcing the new perk.
New Tool from Attain Insight Strips PII From Biometrics to Enable Compliant Sharing
(Biometric Update, Mar 26, 2024)
Intrinsic uses proprietary tech to transform biometric information into a derivative form that is void of PII. By removing PII from biometric data, says the firm, Attain Insight Intrinsic opens up the doors to use cases in fraud detection, crime prevention, patient care and medical research that might otherwise not be possible.
Amazon Harnesses Generative AI for Seamless Palm Recognition Shopping Experience
(Forbes, Mar 26, 2024)
Amazon set out to create a highly accurate system that could recognize palm scans, and that’s exactly what it achieved. According to Amazon data, in the more than 3 million times the system has already been used, it has proven to be 99.9999% accurate. In fact, the Amazon One system is 100 times more accurate than scanning two irises, marking a significant breakthrough in biometric identification.
Portugal Orders Sam Altman's Worldcoin to Halt Data Collection
(Reuters, Mar 26, 2024)
Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said. The regulator said it had received dozens of complaints in the last month about unauthorised collection of data from minors, "deficiencies in the information provided to the data subjects" and "the impossibility of erasing the data or withdrawing consent."
