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 ...

WASHINGTON (KPTV) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon introduced legislation Friday that would ban federal immigration agencies from using facial recognition and other biometric ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on ...

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 and activists.

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 ...

Nadiyah Johnson, owner of Milky Way Tech Hub, shares concerns of FRT (facial recognition technology) use by local law enforcement. In a five-hour, explosive meeting at Milwaukee’s city hall Feb. 5, ...

The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records. ICE protesters are being monitored by ...

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois state lawmakers and privacy advocates are raising concerns over technology used by federal agents for immigration enforcement that they say violates the privacy and ...

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 ...

With residents this month debating use of facial recognition systems at some Connecticut grocery stores, state lawmakers from both parties plan to look into stopping that technology from being used in ...