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Facebook has announced that it will shut down its Facial Recognition System and delete the templates of over 1 billion people stored by this feature. This is a significant change, but contrary to popular perception, the social network won’t be forgoing the technology in its entirety because it regards facial recognition as a “powerful tool” […]
Over the years there have been several well-documented issues with facial recognition technology, such as inaccuracy when detecting people from different cultural backgrounds, privacy concerns, and the fear of the technology making a mistake and resulting in wrongful convictions of individuals. Those developing software tools have taken heed of the mistakes of the past and […]
India is planning to set up world’s largest facial recognition system for policing similar to what is deployed in China. The Indian government has extended the date to invite bids for companies which will help in creating a central repository of surveillance data. The bids will open next month and the selected company will be […]
Facebook will stop using automatic facial recognition to tag users in photos. If there’s one platform that knows how to remain controversial, it’s Facebook. In 2011, the company introduced a facial recognition feature which allowed users to tag others through suggestions displayed on photos. Moreover, the person in the photo was automatically notified if the […]
Many privacy advocates have time and again raised questions about surveillance cameras and increasing usage of surveillance technology. They argue that the technology could be exploited for discriminatory targeting and it is also a direct attack on the privacy of citizens. To balance things out, a hacker and designer named Kate Rose has introduced a […]
Google is a massive organization with abundant resources at their disposal. There are a large number of employees who work for Google and can help them in their new projects. Despite this, Google is asking random people for their face data, reportedly, to train its upcoming smartphone – Pixel 4. As originally reported by a […]
Facial recognition systems are becoming more sophisticated. When we post a photo on Facebook accompanied by our closest friend, it is almost certain that the system will identify our faces and suggest us to add a tag. According to ethical hacking specialists, governments around the world and private companies are driving the creation of a […]
IRpair and Phantom are the first-ever collections of anti-facial recognition glasses and sunglasses designed to block facial recognition, eye tracking & infrared radiation including 3D IR surveillance cameras during both day and night. Facial recognition technology is the single biggest tool for authorities to keep an eye on suspected (and unsuspected) individuals; but thanks to […]
The data breach took place after a database used by Border Patrol was hit by a “malicious cyber-attack.” The officials from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have revealed that one of their subcontractors have been targeted with a “malicious” cyber attack due to which the pictures of tourists entering and leaving the US have […]
Up until recently, Microsoft owned the largest collection of celebrity images under its public dataset known as MS Celebs. The purpose of the MS Celebs database was to train Microsoft’s facial recognition AI and it was also used by other companies including IBM, Nvidia, etc. Microsoft created it back in 2016, by scorching for images […]
Inadvertently, Microsoft took offline from the Internet a database that stored more than 10 million faces that, according to information security services experts, the company used to develop facial recognition systems for possible military and commercial implementations. The database, identified as MS Celeb, was put online in 2016 and, according to Microsoft this was the […]
China is often held responsible for conducting surveillance campaigns and espionage activities discreetly not only on its citizens but governments across continents. Now, a misconfigured facial recognition database has emerged that confirms the allegations put forth against China. Reportedly, a Dutch security researcher has exposed database that contains exclusive details about the deep-rooted surveillance tactics […]
Google could soon change the way we get our tasks completed through Assistant-enabled devices. The latest beta update of the Google app hints at the introduction of Face Match feature which will scan your face to recognize you and fetch personalized results accordingly. This method could potentially turn into an alternative to voice matching while using […]
Amazon is selling its facial recognition technology called Rekognition to the American law enforcement agencies — this news has been making rounds in the digital media circuits for quite some time now. In response to this deal and ignorance of privacy risks, different civil liberties and human rights organizations have also voiced their opinions. Back in […]
Do you own a OnePlus 6 or planning to buy one? If yes, you might want to read this one. So apparently, the OnePlus 6’s face unlock method can be tricked by a photograph. A video posted by a Twitter user, shows the phone getting unlocked by a cutout picture of his face. What makes […]
In Southeast China, the police used facial recognition tech to locate and detain a suspect from among a crowd of over 60,000 people. The event was that of a pop concert by popular Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung while the fugitive was attending the show. The concert was being held in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. The […]
The allegations that Russia hacked the 2016 elections in the United States are known to many but now biometric data of millions of American citizens may or may not be at risk of being compromised as software used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and 18,000 other American law enforcement agencies to […]
Windows 10 Facial Recognition System Is Hackable According to some experienced cyber security researchers, it was revealed that the facial recognition system found in Windows 10 is prone to hacking. All you have to do is get a photograph (printed) of the owner, and you’re there.cked. This facial recognition system for Windows 10 called Hello […]
Like other Apple devices, iPhone X is also a sleek product that is equipped with Face ID facial recognition system. Upon its launch, the company claimed its Face ID is so secure that even high-quality masks such as those used in Hollywood movies couldn’t trick its security system. But then, we witnessed Face ID system getting breached with a […]
When iPhone X was launched, Apple claimed its Face ID system is unbeatable, but that turned out to be untrue when a group of hackers unlocked an iPhone X after bypassing its Face ID with a specially crafted 3D mask a few days ago. Now, a 10-year-old kid has unlocked his mother’s iPhone X with his face by […]
Apple Inc. introduced Face ID facial recognition system on September 12, 2017, with the launch of iPhone X and claimed that even high-quality masks such as those used in Hollywood movies couldn’t trick its security system. It turned out Apple was right because all it took for security researchers to fool Face ID was a […]