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DHS Watchdog Investigating TSA’s Use of Facial Recognition (Nextgov/FCW, Jan 31, 2025)
In a Jan. 29-dated letter shared by Merkley’s office, Cuffari said his office was auditing TSA’s use of biometric tools to determine “the extent to which TSA’s facial recognition and identification technologies enhance security screening to identify persons of interest and authenticate flight traveler information while protecting passenger privacy.”
 

NYPD Union Sounds Alarm on New Facial Recognition Tool That Could Be ‘Weaponized’ By Anti-Cop Activists (New York Post, Feb 01, 2025)
“These activists are against any kind of technology that helps catch criminals, but they’ll use those same tools to target police officers,” PBA President Patrick Hendry said. “It’s hypocrisy at our Finest.”
 

Halton Police Investing $1.18m in Facial Recognition Technology (BurlingtonToday.com, Feb 02, 2025)
Deputy Chief Jeff Hill said police will only use images legally obtained through the course of an investigation to compare with mugshots in their system. Hill said even in cases where matches are identified, they will be used as investigative leads.
 

Facial Recognition in Policing Is Getting State-By-State Guardrails (Louisiana Illuminator, Feb 02, 2025)
When police use these systems, they are often uploading images from a security camera or body-worn camera. Popular AI company Clearview, which often contracts with police and has developed a version specifically for investigations, says it hosts more than 50 billion facial images from public websites, including social media, mugshots and driver’s license photos.
 

NIMC, NIBSS to Roll Out Multipurpose Biometric ID Card (Weekly Trust, Feb 01, 2025)
'The key features of this card, are the biometric, based on the fingerprint, which is the only one that is currently unique; the card has a long validity period because it's also fully KYC enabled; it has an offline and online capability, which means in locations where there are limited access to internet, this card will still work and be used for those services that it's designed to achieve.

 

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