Tag: biometrics
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode192 – India Elections, Superbugs Spreading, Operation Choke Point
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode192 – India Elections, Superbugs Spreading, Operation Choke Point Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: India’s Election Is Biggest Voting Event In the World A Bigger-Than-Ever Reason…
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Google’s Nexus 6 to include an embedded fingerprint sensor
from biometricupdate.com: Google’s upcoming Nexus 6 smartphone could come with an embedded fingerprint sensor, according to prevailing rumors. Reported in Android Geeks, a ‘trusted insider’ told the website that Google would team up with LG to develop the new device and that the search giant is in advanced talks with “several Asian fingerprint sensor suppliers.”…
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Biometric Bitcoin ATM’s Rolled Out in Australia
from biometricupdate.om: A biometric bitcoin ATM has been unveiled at a mall in Sydney, Australia. This is the first of many to be rolled out across the country, and it uses a combination of biometrics to register and verify user identities. According to a report in The Guardian, the ATM – deployed by Australia Bitcoin…
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Fingerprints for Food: Venezuela’s New Plan to Keep Shelves Stocked
from miamiherald.com: Call it fingerprints for food. In the latest effort to keep shelves stocked in Venezuela, the government on Tuesday will begin registering the biometric information of customers who use state-run grocery stores. President Nicolás Maduro says the measure will prevent hoarding and help keep price-controlled food from being resold for a profit on…
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Canada pursues wider biometric data sharing with Five Eyes allies
from globeandmail.com: Canada is eyeing greatly expanded sharing of immigration information — such as fingerprints of visa applicants — with not only the United States but other key allies. An internal memo prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government is building an information technology system that could be used for the…
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New iPhone Has TouchID Fingerprint Authentication
from wired.com: When Apple bought AuthenTec for its biometrics technology — reported as one of its most expensive purchases — there was a lot of speculation about how the company would incorporate biometrics in its product line. Many speculate(d) that the new Apple iPhone…will come with a fingerprint authentication system, and there are several ways it…
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Mayor Bloomberg Says City Should Fingerprint Public Housing Residents
from politcker.com: In a bid to boost security at public housing complexes, Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning suggested fingerprinting residents so they can access their homes. “What we really should have is fingerprinting to get in. And of course there’s an allegation that some of these apartments aren’t occupied by the people who originally have…
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#FBI sued over secretive facial recognition program
from RT.com: Soon the FBI will be done building a database containing the photographs, fingerprints and other biometric data for millions of Americans, but the agency has been far from forthcoming with the details. A new lawsuit filed this week aims to change that. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit digital rights group based out…
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#DataDump: Airspace, Appeals, Algorithms and More
Unblinking surveillance stare: Army’s 7-story flying football field-sized blimp // FAA Documents Raise Questions About Safety of Drones in U.S. Airspace // Google Pays Record $22.5 Million Fine for Privacy Violations // George Soros ‘likes’ Facebook with $10m investment
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Stratfor Emails Reveal Widespread TrapWire Surveillance System
US Govt Secretly Spying On Everyone Using Civilian Security Cameras* from rt.com: Former senior intelligence officials have created a detailed surveillance system more accurate than modern facial recognition technology — and have installed it across the US under the radar of most Americans, according to emails hacked by Anonymous. Every few seconds, data picked up…
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#Newspurge: Into The Fire
Billions Spent Destroying and Rebuilding Elsewhere as Infrastructure Crumbles At Home // NATO started naval exercises off the coast of Syria // Roger Waters Points ‘The Wall’ Toward Abuse of Power // Death on the Obama Campaign Trail ~ Again // FBI Prepares Billion-Dollar Iris Recognition Database // Little Girl, Tired Of West Virginia Power…
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#DataDump: Infiltration, Asylum, Aircraft and More
Facebook To Buy Israeli Biometrics Startup Face.com For $100 Million // Face.com App Allowed Facebook, Twitter Account Hijacking // Researcher: CIA, NSA may have infiltrated Microsoft to write malware // NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say If We Spied on You // Apple fined more than $2m over 4G claim // Assange Seeks…
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New Facial Recognition Technology From Japan
A new camera technology from Japan can scan days of camera footage instantly, and find any face which has EVER walked past it.
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Corbett Report: Episode216 – Who’s Gaming Who
Science-fiction fantasy is becoming mundane reality and video games are increasingly merging with 21st century combat. The DoD recruits youth through traveling arcade exhibitions and new recruits are just as likely to end up behind a keyboard as behind enemy lines.