Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release. By Kashmir Hill Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac Kashmir Hill reported ...

United States Customs and Border Protection plans to spend $225,000 for a year of access to Clearview AI, a face recognition tool that compares photos against billions of images scraped from the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers ...

An email detailed Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman paused the department's pursuit and use of facial recognition technology. Months of public concerns prompted Norman's change. Now, the ...

The Milwaukee Police Department's proposal to use facial recognition technology to solve crimes has raised concerns about civil liberties and privacy among the public. The Milwaukee Police ...

Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There are growing concerns among some lawmakers and legal experts after reports that federal agents may be utilizing facial recognition technology in the field to capture images of ...

Wegmans acknowledged using facial recognition technology for security in a limited number of stores. The company states the technology is only used to identify ...

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The grocery store chain Wegmans, among other retailers, is using face recognition on its customers — and scanning their faces for resemblance not only to accused shoplifters but also to people whose ...

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