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F Futurism · · International

Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate

Faulty AI-powered facial recognition systems used in retail settings are misidentifying innocent people as shoplifters at a rate significant enough to draw public attention. The pattern points to a recurring and systemic problem with how the technology is deployed in high-stakes, everyday situations.

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E Elets Technomedia · · International

Telangana Declares November ‘Special Attendance Month’, Puts Facial Recognition at the Centre of a 100% Attendance Push in Government Schools

The Indian state of Telangana has designated November as a Special Attendance Month in government schools, making facial recognition technology central to a campaign targeting perfect student attendance.

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P PM News Nigeria · · International

UK introduces tougher facial recognition rules for foreigners facing deportation

The UK government has introduced stricter facial recognition requirements targeting foreign nationals subject to deportation proceedings. The policy change expands biometric screening as part of immigration enforcement.

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B blue News · · International

Swiss Startup Launches First Cat Flap with Facial Recognition

A Swiss startup has introduced what it describes as the first cat flap that uses facial recognition technology to identify and control which animals can pass through it.

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M Moomoo · · International

Secure begins sales of subscription-based facial recognition access control services via Ricoh Japan

Secure has launched a subscription-based facial recognition access control service, now available through Ricoh Japan as a sales channel. The offering puts biometric entry systems within reach of businesses that prefer recurring-cost models over upfront hardware investment.

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T The New Indian Express · · International

Haryana police uploads photos of 29,416 criminals to facial recognition system

Haryana police in India has added photographs of more than 29,000 individuals with criminal records to a facial recognition system. The move expands the state's biometric surveillance infrastructure to aid in identifying and tracking people with prior convictions.

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B Bishop's Stortford Independent · · International

Hertfordshire police ramps up Live Facial Recognition capacity

Hertfordshire Police is expanding its live facial recognition capability, according to a report in the Bishop's Stortford Independent. The move signals a broader rollout of real-time biometric surveillance in the county.

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C Computer Weekly · · International

UK extends facial recognition to civil immigration offences

The UK government has expanded the use of facial recognition technology to cover civil immigration offences, broadening the scope of biometric surveillance beyond criminal matters into administrative enforcement.

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Schneier on Security · · International

Bloatware in Aftermarket Auto Parts

This story is interesting: One Civic owner purchased a cheap aftermarket head unit off Amazon, and decided to have Claude work its magic on it, like it would a smart TV. What was reportedly discovered isn’t surprising, but is worth knowing about. Among the pre-installed bloatware—­or spyware, if you’re being less charitable­—was a voice assistant equipped with WebView, an Android system component that lets apps display content off the web. This apparently always used about a third of processing power, even while idle, which isn’t great. There were also Baidu location services, a call recorder…

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B Biometric Update · · International

UK facial recognition rollout widens as police oversight rules take shape

UK police are expanding the use of facial recognition technology while authorities work to establish oversight rules to govern its deployment. The simultaneous rollout and rule-making means the technology is being used in the field while its guardrails are still being written.

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D Daily Echo · · International

Two rape arrests made after facial recognition van deployed in Southampton

Police in Southampton deployed a mobile facial recognition unit and subsequently made two arrests in connection with rape allegations. The operation appears to mark another use of live facial recognition technology by UK law enforcement in a public-facing context.

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T The Tribune · · International

Haryana Police turn to facial recognition to track criminals; upload 29,416 photos

Haryana Police in India have uploaded nearly 30,000 photographs into a facial recognition system intended to help identify and track criminal suspects. The scale of the database reflects a significant expansion of biometric surveillance infrastructure within the state.

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İ İlke Haber Ajansı · · International

Brazil introduces mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users

Brazil has announced a requirement for mobile phone users to undergo facial recognition as part of registering or using their devices. The policy applies broadly to mobile users in the country.

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B Big Brother Watch · · International

TechRadar – Victims expose the reality of facial recognition use in shops

A report from civil liberties group Big Brother Watch features accounts from people who say they were subject to facial recognition technology used by retail stores. The piece draws on victim testimony to illustrate how the technology is being deployed in everyday shopping environments.

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M Metro.co.uk · · International

Low-paid shopworkers 'forced to put themselves in danger for facial recognition cameras'

Retail workers, many of them low-paid, are reportedly being put at physical risk in order to operate or position facial recognition cameras in stores. The report points to a tension between the commercial use of biometric surveillance technology and the safety of the workers tasked with deploying it.

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T Trend News Agency · · International

Mortgage applications to be verified with SİMA İmza facial recognition technology

Turkey's mortgage application process is set to incorporate SİMA İmza facial recognition technology to verify applicants' identities. The move brings biometric authentication into a mainstream financial transaction for ordinary borrowers.

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F FOX 13 Tampa Bay · · International

Facial recognition used to buy concert tickets

A facial recognition system is being used as a method to purchase concert tickets, according to a report from FOX 13 Tampa Bay. The system appears to link a person's face to a payment or ticketing account at the point of sale.

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BleepingComputer · · International

Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

A massive search-hijacking campaign involving 319 Chrome extensions with a combined 13.4 million reported installations redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate advertising revenue from Bing and Yahoo. [...]

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Microsoft Threat Intelligence · · International

Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft

As Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track how threat actors operationalize AI to increase the speed and efficiency of attacks, we’ve identified North Korean threat actors expanding their use of AI with varying levels of adoption. This blog breaks down how North Korean threat actors are utilizing AI across their operations, reflecting a broader trend of threat actors incorporating AI into their attack chains. The post Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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N Nature · · International

Feature extraction and lightweight methods for cattle facial recognition

Researchers have published work on using facial recognition techniques adapted for cattle, focusing on lightweight computational methods and feature extraction to identify individual animals by their faces.

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