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Now Big Brother Watch has produced a report bringing together everything we know about the use by UK police of automated facial recognition software (pdf), and its deep flaws. The report supplements that information with analyses of the legal and human rights framework for such systems, and points out that facial recognition algorithms often disproportionately misidentify […]
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Report Confirms Deep Flaws Of Automated Facial Recognition Software In The UK, Warns Its Use In The US Is Spreading
May 21st, 2018 
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No Comments »New Data Shows Police State Facial Recognition Is WRONG Over 90% Of The Time
May 14th, 2018 Awake Goy May 13, 2018 By John Vibes A police department that relies on facial recognition software has admitted that it has a false positive rate of over 90 percent. What this means is that nearly every person who is marked as a suspect by this system is actually an innocent person who […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: facial, police, recognition, shows, state, wrong No Comments »South Wales Police Facial Recognition System Generated 92% False Positives at Soccer Match
May 9th, 2018 Awake Goy South Wales Police Facial Recognition System Generated 92% False Positives at Soccer Match May 7th, 2018 Via: Engadget: Ask critics of police face recognition why they’re so skeptical and they’ll likely cite unreliability as one factor. What if the technology flags an innocent person? […]
Posted in World News Tags: facial, generated, police, recognition, south, system, Wales No Comments »Public to Be Scanned in Real Time as Police Body Cameras May Soon Get Facial Recognition
May 6th, 2018 Awake Goy By Jack Burns New innovations in technology are allowing police officers to contribute to a growing database by implementing facial recognition software in Breathalyzer tests and body cameras. The largest maker of body cameras in the United States, Axon, announced last week that it has purchased two artificial intelligence companies and it is […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: cameras, facial, police, public, recognition, scanned No Comments »Facial Recognition For ALL International Inbound and Outbound Passengers Begins at Orlando Airport — Data Retained for “75 Years”
May 2nd, 2018 Awake Goy By Nicholas West It’s a trend that is quickly becoming accepted reality – biometric identification at U.S. airports. However, until now, it has been marketed either as an elective measure for preferred travelers who wish to expedite clearance or for inbound international travelers. As I previously reported, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: begins, facial, inbound, international, outbound, passengers, recognition No Comments »Businesses Will Use Facial Biometrics to Create Their Own Watch Lists
May 2nd, 2018 Awake Goy May 1, 2018 By MassPrivateI All across the country businesses are being encouraged to use facial recognition to identify everyone. Companies like DeepCam, have been been secretly working for three years, to create a facial recognition customer watch list system. After three years in stealth mode, DeepCam has released Retail by DeepCam,a system that […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: biometrics, businesses, create, facial, lists, their, watch No Comments »Facebook is bringing back facial recognition to users in the EU and Canada
May 1st, 2018 Awake Goy While the Cambridge Analytica scandal rumbles on, Facebook is quietly asking users in the EU and Canada to let it use its facial recognition to scan their faces and suggest tags in photos. It isn’t the first time Mark Zuckerberg’s firm has tried to get access to millions of Europeans’ facial data. […]
Huge Facebook & YouTube Facial Recognition Database Built By "Ex" Israeli Spies
April 18th, 2018 Awake Goy When Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, he tried to describe the difference between “surveillance and what we do.” “The difference is extremely clear,” a nervous-looking Zuckerberg said. “On Facebook, you have control over your information… the information we collect you can choose […]
Posted in World News Tags: built, database, Facebook, facial, israeli, recognition, YouTube No Comments »Facebook Is Violating Your Privacy via Facial Recognition Technology
April 18th, 2018 Awake Goy On April 6, a coalition of consumer privacy organizations led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, accusing Facebook of violating individual’s privacy via the company’s facial recognition practices. The complaint focuses on changes to Facebook’s policy which went into effect in early 2018, namely the ability to scan user […]
Posted in World News Tags: Facebook, facial, privacy, recognition, technology, violating No Comments »These Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database
April 17th, 2018 Awake Goy These Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database April 17th, 2018 Via: Fortune: When Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, he tried to describe the difference […]
Posted in World News Tags: Facebook, facial, harvesting, massive, photos, spies, these No Comments »NYPD Wants Your License For Facial Recognition. Should They Gain This Power?
April 10th, 2018 Awake Goy Next Story According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the NYPD’s Real Time Crime Center and Facial Identification Sections would like to get full and unfettered access to the state’s database of driver’s licenses. Currently, the police department is limited to mugshots of criminals within their own facial identification database. Now they want the […]
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Launches Massive Facial Recognition Program
March 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy By Derrick Broze The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently announced they have adopted a massive biometric system in an effort to fight crime. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has made public a partnership with NEC Corporation of America (NEC) which will allow the department to utilize NEC’s award-winning facial recognition program. […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: angeles, department, facial, launches, massive, recognition, sheriff No Comments »AnyVision’s Facial Recognition Cameras Are Being Installed In “Smart Cities” Everywhere
February 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy By MassPrivateI Everywhere you turn politicians and corporations are trying to convince the public we need to convert our cities into ‘smart cities’. Last week AnyVision and Nvidia announced that they are working together to put facial recognition cameras in cities across the globe. AnyVision is an Israel-based company that profits from spying on everyone. NVidia has partnered with AI […]
Posted in World News Tags: anyvision, being, cameras, facial, installed, recognition, smart No Comments »US To Test Facial Recognition Scanners On People In Moving Vehicles
February 7th, 2018 Awake Goy On Thursday the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans for a new pilot program that will test out biometric facial recognition technology as part of an effort to identify fugitives or terror suspects. The Austin-American Statesman reported on the announcement: “Thanks to quantum leaps in facial recognition technology, especially over the past year, the future is […]
Facial recognition database? Google’s new art selfie app sparks privacy concerns
January 16th, 2018 Awake Goy The new update to the app, which has been in existence for more than a year, has unleashed a frenzy of activity online as users post images of their painting lookalike. To find out if you’re a dead ringer for the Mona Lisa, users have to take a real time […]
Posted in World News Tags: database, facial, google, privacy, recognition, selfie, sparks No Comments »Warning: TSA Facial Recognition Plan Likely to Become Part of Growing Biometric Surveillance System
December 7th, 2017 Awake Goy By Michael Maharrey The federal government plans to use a TSA program advertised as a way to avoid lines at airport security checkpoints to harvest photos and other biometric information that will ultimately end up in multiple federal databases. The TSA touts its PreCheck program as a way to avoid the hassle of […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: become, biometric, facial, growing, likely, recognition, warning No Comments »Arizona Citizens Tracked In Facial Recognition Database In First Step For REAL ID Implementation
December 5th, 2017 Awake Goy By Aaron Kesel Arizona citizens are now in a government database that uses facial recognition technology to track them simply for getting a driver’s license. This allows federal and local law enforcement to use the “perpetual lineup” of suspects not accused of a crime to see if someone is wanted for a crime, Arizona […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: Arizona, citizens, database, facial, first, recognition, tracked No Comments »Revealed: Details of new Australian national facial recognition system
December 1st, 2017 Awake Goy The new national identification system. Photo: ZDNet The Australian government has unveiled new details surrounding highly controversial changes to ‘anti-terrorism’ measures this week, including the introduction of a new national facial recognition system, following the Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra last month. The changes, outlined in draft documents released this week, describe […]
Posted in World News Tags: Australian, details, facial, national, recognition, revealed, system No Comments »Full details of new Australian national facial recognition system revealed
November 30th, 2017 Awake Goy The new national identification system. Photo: ZDNet The Australian government has unveiled full details surrounding highly controversial changes to ‘anti-terrorism’ measures this week, including the introduction of a new national facial recognition system, following the Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra last month. The changes, outlined in new draft documents released this week, […]
Posted in World News Tags: Australian, details, facial, national, recognition, revealed, system No Comments »Facial Recognition Is Tracking Customers as They Shop in Stores
November 25th, 2017 Awake Goy Facial Recognition Is Tracking Customers as They Shop in Stores November 24th, 2017 Via: CNBC: Retailers are using facial recognition to collect data about customers as they shop in stores, according to an IT company with insight into the space. “One of the big […]
DHS Wants To Develop Advanced Facial Recognition Technology For Use In Airports and Border Checkpoints
November 4th, 2017 Awake Goy By Aaron Kesel In a move straight out of Minority Report, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to develop advanced facial recognition technology that scans the faces of travelers as they enter and leave the U.S. border on highways, NextGov reported. The DHS has posted a public announcement calling on technology […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: advanced, airports, develop, facial, recognition, technology, wants No Comments »EPIC Asks Senate to Probe Customs and Border Protection Nominee on Facial Recognition, Drones
October 27th, 2017 Awake Goy October 26, 2017 By Activist Post As we’ve been covering with increasing frequency as of late, DHS with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made it known that their mandate to bring in facial recognition as part of a biometric identification system for travelers is to begin full roll-out. There are still many […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: border, customs, facial, nominee, probe, protection, Senate No Comments »NHL to install facial recognition cameras to limit their liability
October 21st, 2017 Awake Goy It’s official, big brother has invaded sports arenas, stadiums and parks. According to an article in TSN, The National Hockey League (NHL) plans to install facial recognition cameras in their arenas. The above video, is a perfect example of how law enforcement uses our fears of terror to justify losing our privacy. Retired, […]
Posted in World News Tags: cameras, facial, install, liability, limit, recognition, their No Comments »"Soul Scalping" – Is Facial Bruise Mark of the Beast?
October 20th, 2017 Awake Goy October 19, 2017 Source Article from https://www.henrymakow.com/2017/10/soul-scalping.html
China to build giant facial recognition database to identify any citizen within seconds
October 17th, 2017 Awake Goy China is building the world’s most powerful facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3 billion citizens within three seconds. The goal is for the system to able to match someone’s face to their ID photo with about 90 per cent accuracy. The project, launched by […]
Posted in World News Tags: build, china, database, facial, giant, identify, recognition No Comments »National facial recognition ‘incompatible with a free society’, privacy groups warn
October 8th, 2017 Awake Goy Privacy groups unite to oppose facial recognition. Photo: EFA Australia’s leading privacy and civil liberties organisations have condemned the decision by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to provide all images from state and territory driver’s licence databases to a national facial biometric capability system. These organisations, including the Australian Privacy Foundation, Digital Rights Watch, Queensland Council for […]
Posted in World News Tags: facial, groups, incompatible, national, privacy, recognition, society No Comments »The Face of Australia’s Surveillance: Malcolm Turnbull’s Facial Recognition Database
October 7th, 2017 Awake Goy Posted in World News Tags: Australia, database, facial, malcolm, recognition, Surveillance, turnbull No Comments »Facebook Could Start Using Facial Recognition to Verify Who You Are
October 6th, 2017 Awake Goy October 5, 2017 By Josie Wales While Facebook has quietly been developing its facial recognition software for Aloha, a controversial video chat device set to debut in May 2018, the company is reportedly testing “a facial recognition feature to help secure your account,” according to TheNextWeb’s Matt Navarro, who posted a screenshot of the new feature on Twitter. Facebook confirmed […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: could, Facebook, facial, recognition, start, using, verify No Comments »Stanford’s Facial Recognition Algorithm Can Determine Sexual Orientation With Up To 91% Accuracy
September 30th, 2017 Awake Goy September 29, 2017 Activist Post Daily Newsletter Subscription is FREE and CONFIDENTIAL Free Report: How To Survive The Job Automation Apocalypse with subscription Source Article from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/kqd36qXLSqQ/stanfords-facial-recognition-algorithm-can-determine-sexual-orientation-up-tp-91-accuracy.html
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: algorithm, determine, facial, orientation, recognition, sexual, Stanford No Comments »Train Stations to use Facial Recognition and Palm Vein Scanners for Payment
September 28th, 2017 Awake Goy September 28, 2017 By MassPrivateI Editor’s Note: The stages of incrementalism seem to be speeding up. Nicholas West has written for Activist Post just this month about China’s high tech KFC called KPRO turning to facial recognition for payment, as well as a UK supermarket becoming the world’s first to use finger […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: facial, payment, recognition, scanners, stations, train No Comments »
