Hacker News with Generative AI: Facial Recognition

Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars (theguardian.com)
Police believe live facial recognition cameras may become “commonplace” in England and Wales, according to internal documents, with the number of faces scanned having doubled to nearly 5m in the last year.
Surveillance, Privacy, Facial Recognition, Law Enforcement, Technology
166 points by c-oreills 14 days ago | 143 comments
We perceive faces from other racial groups differently (medicalxpress.com)
University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) and brain activity to shed new light on why we struggle to accurately recognize faces of people from different races.
Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition, Racial Bias, Neuroscience
3 points by gmays 17 days ago | 0 comments
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 21 days ago | 0 comments
A new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans (technologyreview.com)
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.
Artificial Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Facial Recognition, Surveillance
9 points by walterbell 22 days ago | 0 comments
In São Paulo, 'Big Brother' is watching, with 25K cameras and facial recognition (elpais.com)
In São Paulo, Brazil, the fugitive probably felt protected by the anonymity offered by a city of 12 million people… a larger population than many countries.
Surveillance, Facial Recognition, Brazil, São Paulo, Cities
25 points by geox 28 days ago | 4 comments
Border Agents Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the US by Car (wired.com)
United States Customs and Border Protection is asking tech companies to send pitches for a real-time face recognition tool that would take photos of every single person in a vehicle at a border crossing, including anyone in the back seats, and match them to travel documents, according to a document posted in a federal register last week.
Facial Recognition, Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Technology
8 points by jaredwiener 31 days ago | 0 comments
Milwaukee police considering trading mugshots for facial recognition tech (jsonline.com)
Milwaukee police are mulling a trade: 2.5 million mugshots for free use of facial recognition technology.
Police, Facial Recognition, Privacy, Technology, Milwaukee
94 points by Teever 38 days ago | 23 comments
Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI Revealed (motherjones.com)
One evening in March 2017, Hoan Ton-That, an Australian coder building a powerful facial recognition system, emailed his American business partners with a plan to deploy their fledgling technology. “Border patrol pitch,” the subject line read. He hoped to persuade the federal government to integrate their product with border surveillance cameras so that their newly formed company, later named Clearview AI, could use “face detection” on immigrants entering the United States.
Facial Recognition, Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Technology
158 points by miles 61 days ago | 57 comments
What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone [video] (youtube.com)
Facial Recognition, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, Cities
5 points by like_any_other 70 days ago | 0 comments
Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London (lbc.co.uk)
Police are setting up London's first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.
Surveillance, Facial Recognition, London, Police
9 points by pseudolus 75 days ago | 0 comments
China bans compulsory facial recognition; use in private spaces like hotel rooms (theregister.com)
China’s Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Public Security have outlawed the use of facial recognition without consent.
China, Privacy, Facial Recognition, Surveillance, Regulations
33 points by rntn 76 days ago | 2 comments
Hungary's use of facial recognition violates EU AI Act (euractiv.com)
In its latest amendment to the Hungarian Child Protection Act, Viktor Orbán's plan to use facial recognition systems against participants in pride events would violate the EU's AI Act.
Hungary, Facial Recognition, EU Law, AI, LGBTQ+ Rights
61 points by perihelions 81 days ago | 1 comments
High-Speed Face-Tracking for Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping (titech.ac.jp)
Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping (DFPM) overlays computer-generated images onto human faces to create immersive experiences that have been used in the makeup and entertainment industries. In this study, we propose two concepts to reduce the misalignment artifacts between projected images and target faces, which is a persistent challenge for DFPM.
Computer Vision, Facial Recognition, Entertainment, Projection Mapping
117 points by bukka 127 days ago | 23 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 181 days ago | 258 comments
MyTimeMachine: Personalized Facial Age Transformation (mytimemachine.github.io)
Facial Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Machine Learning
40 points by surprisetalk 191 days ago | 5 comments
Smile! UK cops spend millions on live facial recognition tech (theregister.com)
UK government has launched a £20 million ($25 million) competition for tech companies to provide live facial recognition to a number of police forces.
Facial Recognition, Surveillance, UK, Government, Technology
4 points by rntn 194 days ago | 0 comments
Senators say TSA's facial recognition program is out of control (gizmodo.com)
A bipartisan group of 12 senators has urged the Transportation Security Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s use of facial recognition, saying it poses a significant threat to privacy and civil liberties.
Privacy, Civil Liberties, Facial Recognition, Government Surveillance, Transportation Security
205 points by pseudolus 195 days ago | 226 comments
PacCam: Pac-Man controlled with your face (eieio.games)
Pac-Man, Games, Facial Recognition, Creative Projects
62 points by bblcla 218 days ago | 17 comments
Facial recognition glasses turn everyday life into creepy privacy nightmare (foxnews.com)
In a scenario that feels almost surreal and scary, we find ourselves grappling with the implications of the latest Meta Ray-Ban 2 Smart Glasses. These innovative shades have quickly become the center of a privacy storm, raising important questions about how technology intersects with our personal lives.
Privacy, Surveillance, Facial Recognition, Technology
14 points by thunderbong 224 days ago | 9 comments
Kennedy, Merkley introduce bill to end TSA facial recognition (2023) (senate.gov)
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023 to safeguard Americans from facial recognition screenings that the federal government is implementing at airports across the country.
Privacy, Facial Recognition, Government, Legislation
124 points by samename 233 days ago | 82 comments
NASA's Inspector General Has Decided to Buy Itself Some Clearview Access (techdirt.com)
NASA bought access to Clearview AI, a powerful and controversial surveillance tool that uses billions of images scraped from social media to perform facial recognition, according to U.S. government procurement data reviewed by 404 Media.
Privacy, Surveillance, Facial Recognition, Government, Law Enforcement
3 points by hn_acker 239 days ago | 1 comments
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts (theregister.com)
Police around the United States are routinely using facial recognition technology to help identify suspects, but those departments rarely disclose they've done so - even to suspects and their lawyers.
Privacy, Law Enforcement, Facial Recognition, Technology, Surveillance
9 points by LinuxBender 242 days ago | 0 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 247 days ago | 1 comments
Meta smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Two Harvard students recently revealed that it's possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face image search technology to "reveal anyone's personal details," including their name, address, and phone number, "just from looking at them."
Privacy, Facial Recognition, Meta, Surveillance, Technology
31 points by LinuxBender 248 days ago | 7 comments
Students Add Face Recognition to Meta's Glasses to Dox Strangers in Real Time (docs.google.com)
I-XRAY: The AI Glasses That Reveal Anyone’s Personal Details—Home Address, Name, Phone Number, and More—Just from Looking at Them
Privacy, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition
13 points by nothinggoesaway 248 days ago | 8 comments
Federal civil rights watchdog sounds alarm over Feds use of facial recognition (therecord.media)
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (UCCR) on Thursday released a report which asserts that three federal agencies’ use of facial recognition technology (FRT) is deeply concerning, not sufficiently standardized and not transparent enough.
Civil Rights, Facial Recognition, Government Surveillance, Technology
182 points by leotravis10 260 days ago | 145 comments
Clearview AI faces $45.6M fine in the Netherlands for 'illegal database of faces (cbc.ca)
Privacy, Law, Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition
94 points by sys42590 277 days ago | 72 comments
Las Vegas police could boycott working NFL games over new facial ID policy (reviewjournal.com)
Las Vegas, NFL, Facial Recognition, Police, Law Enforcement
36 points by oneseven 280 days ago | 34 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 311 days ago | 0 comments
Meta to pay Texas $1.4B for using facial recognition without users' permission (texastribune.org)
Meta, Facial Recognition, Lawsuit, Privacy, Texas
426 points by perihelions 312 days ago | 247 comments