An end to ID theft? This facial recognition is so smart even twins can’t fool it
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In the spring last year, Kaarel Kotkas was finishing his high-school studies at the Tallinn Secondary School of Science. Around that time he was approached by billion-dollar startup TransferWise, which has its development hub in Estonia. “We’ve heard great things The post An end to ID […]
The Capability: Government’s national facial recognition plan raises privacy concerns
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Government is planning to spend $18.5 million setting up the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability, known as The Capability. A Government-commissioned assessment has warned it could collect more information than necessary and there is a risk it will not do enough to protect data. The […]
Calgary police launch new facial recognition crime-fighting tool
Calgary police have introduced their latest crime-fighting tool they say will help them identify persons of interest in their investigations. The Calgary Police Service said it would be the first in Canada to use facial recognition software as a screening […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]
Feds schedule eight public meetings to examine facial recognition and privacy
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Feds schedule eight public meetings to examine facial recognition and personal privacy
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
UQ experts develop world-first facial recognition technology to combat exploding cyber Read more: http://www.couriermail.com.au/national-news/queensland/uq-experts-develop-worldfirst-facial-recognition-technology-to-combat-exploding-cyber-crime/story-fnii5v6w-1226709994024#ixzz2drQ5rACA
THE human face is set to become the next-generation internet banking “password”, with Queensland researchers developing world-first facial recognition technology to counter exploding cyber crime. University of Queensland experts were facing off against global computer criminals, including Chinese child hackers, an international cyber crime conference on the Gold Coast heard yesterday. They hope to have[continue […]
FBI’s next-gen criminal ID technology, including facial recognition, on track
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Pender testifies The FBI’s next-generation of identification technology is 60 percent deployed and will be completed by 2014, said Jerome Pender, deputy assistant director the agency’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full post on The Cyber Wars
Facial recognition comes to Google+, but unlike Facebook it’s opt-in
Google is rolling out a new feature called “Find My Face” to Google+ users allowing them to opt-in to a new facial recognition feature for photos shared on the service. Of course this isn’t the first foray Google has made into the facial recognition arena, they have offered the feature on Picasa Web Albums for […]