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Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.

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“Ethnicity recognition” tool listed on surveillance camera app store built by fridge-maker’s video analytics startup

February 24, 2022 0 Comments App Store, azena, bosch, ethnicity recognition, facial recognition, Google Play Store, Privacy, surveillance, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:37:51 +0000

A video analytics startup has built an app store for unproven facial recognition tools that can be loaded onto surveillance cameras.

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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

February 21, 2022 0 Comments cubi, dtpa, face recognition, facebook, facial recognition, jerome presenti, ken paxton, meta, Privacy, state of texas, texas capture or use of biometric identifier act, texas deceptive trade practices consumer protection act, yann lecun

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:12:18 +0000

The suit alleges that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texans, including non-Facebook users.

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Tags: CUBI DTPA face recognition facebook facial recognition Jerome Presenti Ken Paxton meta state of Texas Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act Yann LeCun

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IRS abandons facial recognition plans for online services

February 9, 2022 0 Comments dhss, dmv, facial recognition, irs, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:19:35 +0000

After multiple objections, the IRS is abandoning plans to integrate facial recognition tech into its online services.

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Tags: DHSS DMV facial recognition IRS

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Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

March 3, 2020 0 Comments AI, anthropometry, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, camera-to-subject distance, conference, eilidh noyes, face matching, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, Machine Learning, research, surveillance, ufig, unfamiliar face identification group, university of huddersfield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:48:02 +0000

It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A15DxfJxLcc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers

February 28, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, clearview ai, data loss, data scraping, faceprints, facial recognition, hoan ton-that, Law & order, law enforcement, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:08:19 +0000

Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UEh1lsdY7KE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition

February 21, 2020 0 Comments bill, biometrics, facial recognition, Law & order, law enforcement, legislation, Privacy, privacy law, seattle, senate bill 6280, washington

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:12:47 +0000

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EQuUOXoeqVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

February 7, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, CFAA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, DCMA, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, first amendment, Google, hiQ Labs, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Instagram, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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