Hacker News with Generative AI: Biometrics

Alarming gains in face reconstruction from biometric templates (biometricupdate.com)
Biometric template security is critical to the data integrity and privacy the industry needs to thrive, and template inversion attacks represent a potential threat vector that has been mostly theoretical, at least so far. That may be changing, however, with researchers finding sophisticated methods of reconstructing people’s faces from templates.

Biometrics, Privacy, Security, Facial Recognition

7 points by giuliomagnifico 42 days ago | 0 comments

Sam Altman's eye-scanning orbs have arrived, sparking curiosity and fear (latimes.com)
A San Francisco start-up backed by Sam Altman uses iris scans to verify human identity without requiring users to supply personal information, such as, their names, emails and phone numbers.But some experts are skeptical and contend that handing over biometric data is too risky, citing data privacy concerns.

Biometrics, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Identity Verification

12 points by elsewhen 46 days ago | 8 comments

Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball (privacyguides.org)
Last week, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced in San Francisco that the World project he co-founded, formerly known as Worldcoin, is opening six stores across the United States, allowing users of the project's app to scan their eyeballs.

Privacy, Biometrics, OpenAI, Cryptocurrency, Technology

153 points by ChiptuneIsCool 49 days ago | 161 comments

UK rolls out passkeys across Gov.uk services (biometricupdate.com)
As multinational corporations like Microsoft and Amazon move to passkeys, governments are also making the transition.

Security, Government, Passkeys, Biometrics

29 points by giuliomagnifico 51 days ago | 12 comments

Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Orb Is Now Coming to the US (wired.com)
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, identify-verification technology startup says it will begin expanding to the US starting May 1 and will launch a phone-like hardware device by next year.

Biometrics, Technology, Security, Startups, United States

13 points by tejohnso 58 days ago | 0 comments

Airport face scans could replace boarding passes and check-in as soon as 2028 (msn.com)
Airline passengers may soon be able to complete check-in and catch a flight without showing a passport or boarding pass.

Airport Security, Travel, Technology, Biometrics

7 points by 01-_- 76 days ago | 5 comments

J&J's Skin360 app faces scrutiny for biometric data collection (jdsupra.com)
A federal district court has denied a motion by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) to dismiss a second amended complaint alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing biometric information through its Neutrogena Skin 360 beauty app without consumers’ informed consent or knowledge.

Privacy, Lawsuits, Biometrics, Mobile Apps, Healthcare

4 points by WaitWaitWha 105 days ago | 0 comments

Predicting sex from retinal fundus photographs using deep learning (2021) (nature.com)
Deep learning may transform health care, but model development has largely been dependent on availability of advanced technical expertise.

Deep Learning, Healthcare, Ophthalmology, Biometrics

15 points by redbell 145 days ago | 4 comments

Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans (indiatimes.com)

Brazil, Technology, Privacy, Biometrics, Regulations

240 points by ivanleoncz 152 days ago | 61 comments

China: Chinese biometrics data exposed on unsecured server (medium.com)
This is a new chapter of my responsible disclosures to entities that have accidentally left unprotected data exposed in the cloud by “mistake”.

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, China, Biometrics

5 points by jdt_jdt 166 days ago | 0 comments

The paper passport's days are numbered (wired.com)
In a matter of years, no matter where you live or travel, your face will likely be your new passport.

Biometrics, Travel, Technology

174 points by ascorbic 183 days ago | 332 comments

German watchdog orders Sam Altman's biometric ID project World to delete data (euronews.com)
World, a biometrics identification project cofounded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has been told it did not meet European data protection rules and has been issued with a corrective measure.

Biometrics, Data Privacy, Europe, Regulation, OpenAI

131 points by belter 187 days ago | 65 comments

Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan (noyb.eu)

Privacy, Biometrics, Ryanair, Airlines, Travel

50 points by latexr 191 days ago | 88 comments

How much do I need to change my face to avoid facial recognition? (gizmodo.com)
Our biometric data is freely available to anybody with an AI model and a camera. Facial recognition software is such a pervasive technology that we submit our data whenever we go through airport security or walk into a drug store. You start to wonder if it’s possible to hide our facial features or—on the extreme end—change our appearance to such an extent that it fools the AI algorithm.

Privacy, Facial Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics

259 points by pseudolus 202 days ago | 258 comments

Footstep recognition as people identification: A Systematic literature review (arxiv.org)
Footstep recognition is a relatively new biometric which aims to discriminate people using walking characteristics.

Biometrics, Security, Machine Learning, Research, Gait Analysis

14 points by sandwichsphinx 212 days ago | 1 comments

Facing the Facts to Keep Our Biometrics Secure (nist.gov)
NIST researcher Mei Lee Ngan disguised herself to look like the TV character Ron Swanson and was unable to unlock her phone with this disguise.

Biometrics, Security, Facial Recognition

4 points by bookofjoe 268 days ago | 1 comments

DHS plans to collect biometric data from migrant children "down to the infant" (technologyreview.com)

Immigration, Biometrics, Children, Privacy, Government

5 points by mooreds 317 days ago | 0 comments

Inside Worldcoin's Orb Factory, Audacious and Absurd Defender of Humanity (bloomberg.com)

Cryptocurrency, Technology, Privacy, Biometrics

8 points by pseudolus 320 days ago | 3 comments

Meta to pay $1.4B to end facial biometrics lawsuit in US (theregister.com)

Meta, Lawsuits, Facial Recognition, Biometrics, Technology

4 points by laktak 332 days ago | 0 comments

You can opt out of airport face scans (vox.com)