Tag: facial recognition
Meta to track workers’ key strokes ‘to train AI’, Ofcom to investigate Telegram
Meta will start tracking the way employees work, including their keystrokes and mouse clicks, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The company, which owns Instagram and Facebook, told workers […]
Facial recognition security fooled by photo on majority of Android phones
A major security investigation has revealed that six in 10 Android smartphones can be tricked into unlocking using a simple 2D printed photograph. The UK’s consumer association Which? conducted extensive […]
British Transport Police to launch trial of Live Facial Recognition today
The British Transport Police (BTP) has officially launched a trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology. Starting today (Wednesday, 11 February), the operation began at London Bridge railway station as […]
AI surveillance stopping 1,400 shoplifting crimes daily across UK retailers
Over 1,400 shoplifters are being intercepted by facial recognition cameras every day as Britain’s retail industry turns to high-tech warfare to combat an industrial-scale wave of theft. New data reveals […]
Human rights regulator objects to UK police’s use of live facial recognition
The UK’s human rights watchdog has criticized the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT), arguing that the way it is being deployed breaches human rights law. The […]
Government expands live facial recognition, citing success in fighting serious crime
The UK government is set to significantly expand the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by rolling out 10 new mobile LFR vans to seven police forces across England. […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Home Office secretly lobbied for facial recognition company
Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according […]
Biometric mobile payments to reach $1.2 billion by 2027, claims research
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1.2 trillion globally by 2027, rising from $332 billion in 2022. These […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Clearview AI fined £7.5m for facial recognition breach
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK’s privacy watchdog for collecting the facial images of people in Britain from the web and social […]
Facebook tops the list of app that collect most data on users, claims study
A new study by digital privacy software company, Clario, has analysed the world’s most downloaded apps and – perhaps not surprisingly – found that Facebook, Instagram and TikTok top the […]
