Millions are on the move in China, and Big Data is watching. China to unveil total system nationally in 2020 (there is that date again!!!) More than 5 million people in China have now been banned from buying a high-speed rail ticket and 17 million stopped from buying […]
China surveillance firm tracking millions in Xinjiang: researcher By Cate Cadell and Philip Wen. Reuters•February 17, 2019 BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese surveillance firm is tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in the far-western Xinjiang region, according to a data leak flagged by a Dutch […]
Denying govt agencies facial recognition tech would be ‘cruel’, claims Microsoft president 4 Feb, 2019 10:17. RT.com Microsoft’s chief shot down calls to stop selling facial recognition tech to governments, saying it would be “cruel” to deprive state agencies of the ability to monitor the public’s every move […]
Teachers Not Impressed: From April, biometric attendance for teachers in 900 government schools Sukhwinder Singh Chahal, president, Government Teachers Union, Punjab said funds should instead be used to get benches, uniforms and books for students. The Punjab government is all set to introduce biometric fingerprint scanning machines to […]
U.S. Prisons Are Covertly Gathering Inmates’ Biometric Voice Data Mass biometric surveillance is a new reality at U.S. prisons. Futurism.com . January 31,2019 Automated Panopticons The Intercept published a shocking account Wednesday about how U.S. prisons are building biometric databases of inmates’ voices, in some cases without their consent. Hundreds of thousands of […]
San Francisco could ban facial recognition technology, becoming first US city to do so Fox News. January 31 ,2019 San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology, criticized as biased by lawmakers and privacy advocates. A new bill unveiled on Tuesday, known as the Stop […]
Blog note: No one can buy or sell without the beast’s mark, name or number. Allegiance to the ‘beast’ is verified by a person’s unique ‘genetic marker’ on their forehead or hand via biometric scanning. Having the mark, name or number will verify your allegiance and grant approval […]
AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face, study says By Nina Avramova, CNN Updated 4:17 PM ET, Tue January 8, 2019 (CNN)A new artificial intelligence technology can accurately identify some rare genetic disorders using a photograph of a patient’s face, according to a new […]
U.S. judge dismisses suit versus Google over facial recognition software DECEMBER 29, 2018 / 7:04 PM / A DAY AGO. Reuters. (Reuters) – A lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy was dismissed on Saturday by […]
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS AIRLINES TO DELAY YOUR FLIGHT SO THEY CAN SCAN YOUR FACE Sam Biddle. September 26 2018. The Intercept. OMNIPRESENT FACIAL RECOGNITION has become a golden goose for law enforcement agencies around the world. In the United States, few are as eager as the Department of Homeland […]
