Deciding on one of the first cases ever to consider the legality of live facial recognition, a British court found that police use of the tool did not violate privacy laws or human rights.
- By Haley Samsel
- Sep 05, 2019
The number and breadth of devices that make up the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow rapidly, with everything from kitchen appliances to video surveillance and access control systems offering the ability to connect to a network.
- By Ryan Zatolokin
- Sep 01, 2019
We know by now that there is an abundance of business advantages in the cloud — it’s agile and cost-efficient, and, with little to no hardware maintenance, it’s easier to update and perform maintenance on than traditional on-site servers.
For campuses nationwide, emergency communication planning is not a topic that is taken lightly, nor should it be.
With local alerts, Facebook pages can send notifications to residents about threats, including weather warnings and active shooter situations, and boost the posts in users’ news feeds.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 29, 2019
The pro-democracy demonstrators have used several tactics to avoid being identified through facial recognition technology, including masks and laser pointers.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 28, 2019
As countries across Europe grapple with the consequences of facial recognition software, EU officials are seeking to limit what the technology can collect and how the data is used.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 26, 2019
Rekognition could already detect “happy,” “sad,” and other emotions. Now, the software is capable of analyzing people’s faces for fear.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 20, 2019
The city partnered with Dell, NTT and the Nevada state government for a year-long pilot program to help reduce vehicle accidents.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 19, 2019
The agency is looking for contractors that would “transform” its passenger processing systems and integrate facial recognition into “all passenger applications.”
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 15, 2019
Suprema, which operates the Biostar 2 biometric smart lock system, leaked over 27.8 million records in a publicly accessible database discovered by security researchers.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 15, 2019
The department has used video footage from the 3,200-camera system in over 140 cases in the past year, calling the program “game changing.”
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 14, 2019
The partnership between the airline and the security company will also offer discounted and free CLEAR memberships to United rewards members.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 01, 2019
While video surveillance often takes center stage in security deployments, equally as important is audio.
- By Richard Brent
- Aug 01, 2019
In states where undocumented immigrants can obtain driver’s licenses, ICE has asked agencies to search for matches in their databases. Two have complied.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 09, 2019
Global display solutions company will be unveiling its new video wall solutions at a private innovation suite by invitation only at booth #2688 at InfoComm 2019.
According to Aite Group, a research and advisory firm, losses incurred by account takeovers at contact centers are expected to reach $775 million in 2020, nearly double the amount from just five years ago.
- By Dr. Kornel Laskowski
- Jun 01, 2019
A new technology that can covertly detect weapons is being considered by Utah officials to secure large events and public spaces.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 24, 2019
Amazon Alexa users that enable Alexa Guard on their smart speakers can now take advantage of a few security features.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 16, 2019
The use of facial recognition by police might cease to exist in San Francisco if adopts a ban on the technology.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 14, 2019