Tag: facial recognition
The Knightscope K5 robot could replace some security guards
What is five-feet tall, 300 pounds, and can forecast crime? A start-up tech company Knightscope, based in California rolled out its K5 autonomous data machine early this month with an aim to predict and prevent crime in the country. Company officials say that deadly mass shootings and increasing crime rates inspired Knightscope and the invention […]
Civil rights activists sue FBI for access to facial recognition technology records
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a California based non-profit digital rights organization, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI over the use of its Next Generation Identification (NGI) program. EFF is concerned about the use, or rather the potential misuse, of the new system’s facial recognition technology along with the privacy issues that will arise […]
FBI sued for selling Americans’ biometric data to private companies
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a non-profit privacy advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI over the use of its new Next Generation Identification System (NGIS). Privacy advocates and experts are purportedly suing the federal intelligence agency in order to protect personal, identifiable information on the grounds of non-disclosure, citing concerns about the […]
