As everybody already knows by now, the US’s ICE (United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement) began deploying facial recognition for the first time in 2025 in the field, a practice that was ...

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to significantly expand its Pre-Check Touchless ID program, which allows passengers to move through checkpoints using biometric facial ...

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Four out of five people identified by the Metropolitan Police's facial recognition technology as possible suspects are innocent, according to an independent report. Researchers found that the ...

For the first time in London, LFR cameras were mounted onto existing structures, such as lamp posts, allowing officers to run deployments without the need for a van. This has led to more efficient ...

A trial of Live Facial Recognition technology (LFR) in south London has helped cut robbery and shoplifting and led to more than 100 arrests, according to the Metropolitan Police. The pilot scheme in ...

In case you needed further evidence that we’re living in the worst version of a cyberpunk dystopia, immigration officers are now scanning civilians’ faces to index them in a government database. Don’t ...

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