Hacker News with Generative AI: Biometrics

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 5 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 22 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 26 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 30 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 41 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 51 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 106 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 156 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 159 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 171 days ago | 0 comments

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