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DigiYatra facial recognition system launches at airports: How this will change security
Fp Explainers •DigiYatra, the brainchild of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, allows airline passengers to be automatically processed based on a facial recognition system at several checkpoints including entry, security check and boarding aircraft. It is expected to reduce wait times and enhance security
Samsung patents a new facial recognition system for smartphones with a new dual under-display camera setup
Fp Staff •Samsung is working on a new facial recognition system that uses two under-the-display cameras and will be much harder to bypass or fool using masks or photographs.
Lok Sabha clears Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill: It’s a need of the hour, but we should proceed with caution
Shashank Shekhar •Apart from aiding in the investigation and trial process, experts believe that the Bill will also end police atrocity and bring transparency
Israeli firm develops body cameras with facial recognition to detect suspects in real time
•The technology allows clients to build databases, whether of company employees allowed into a building, ticket holders permitted into a stadium, or suspects wanted by the police
Amazon implements a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software
•Amazon says it has pushed for regulations to ensure the software was used ethically.
Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it
•Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the software’s use.
IBM will stop offering facial recognition software, will oppose tech's use for mass surveillance, social profiling
•IBM's decision to get out of the facial recognition business comes amid US protests over the death of George Floyd.
Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics demand ban
•Facial recognition software can identify individuals in photos and videos based on a database of known subjects.
Amid Coronavirus outbreak, Chinese company develops tech that can identify people even with their masks on
•Coronavirus has resulted in almost everyone wearing a surgical mask outdoors posing a particular problem for surveillance.
Facebook's facial recognition lawsuit settlement stirs conversation about 'biometric privacy'
•Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle a case alleging it illegally collected biometric information for 'face tagging'.