Hacker News with Generative AI: Biometrics

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 49 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 98 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 101 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 113 days ago | 0 comments
You can opt out of airport face scans (vox.com)
Privacy, Travel, Technology, Biometrics
287 points by rntn 121 days ago | 259 comments
Selfie-based authentication raises eyebrows among infosec experts (theregister.com)
Security, Authentication, Biometrics, Privacy
51 points by alexahn 135 days ago | 25 comments
Mastercard Launches Its Biometric Retail Payment System in Europe (nakedcapitalism.com)
Biometrics, Retail, Payments, Europe, Mastercard
49 points by hackandthink 163 days ago | 47 comments
Data breach exposes info for 80% of El Salvador's population (biometricupdate.com)
Data Breaches, Privacy, El Salvador, Biometrics
18 points by jzebedee 197 days ago | 9 comments
In Argentina, 500K Iris Scanned into Worldcoin (restofworld.org)
Biometrics, Argentina, Cryptocurrency, Privacy
11 points by ssahoo 199 days ago | 2 comments
Argentines recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin cash-for-eyeballs scheme (restofworld.org)
Argentina, Cryptocurrency, Worldcoin, Privacy, Biometrics
10 points by jethronethro 203 days ago | 0 comments
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
Security, Smartphones, Biometrics, Privacy
32 points by rntn 208 days ago | 38 comments
You might not want to use your fingertip to unlock your phone (reason.com)
Security, Biometrics, Smartphones
72 points by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 214 days ago | 76 comments
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)
Law, Technology, Security, Biometrics
77 points by moelf 217 days ago | 113 comments