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  1. @theblufnews it's ridiculous. I have no problem with verification for finance but Biometrics being stored is so dangerous.

    This nextgen facial scanning is either owned or affiliated with Equifax which is the security equivalent of storing your water in a colander

    #privacy #finance #biometrics #auspol #Australia #tech #Equifax

  2. @theblufnews it's ridiculous. I have no problem with verification for finance but Biometrics being stored is so dangerous.

    This nextgen facial scanning is either owned or affiliated with Equifax which is the security equivalent of storing your water in a colander

  3. Yuno Fast-Tracks Merchant Access to Revolut Payment Stack

    Merchants can now use one Yuno connection to add Revolut’s biometric one-click checkout, Revolut Pay, as well as…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mobile #Artificialintelligence #AU #Australia #biometrics #checkout #Partnerships #PYMNTSNews #Revolut #Technology #What'sHot
    newsbeep.com/au/880320/

  4. Yuno Fast-Tracks Merchant Access to Revolut Payment Stack

    Merchants can now use one Yuno connection to add Revolut’s biometric one-click checkout, Revolut Pay, as well as…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mobile #ArtificialIntelligence #biometrics #checkout #partnerships #PYMNTSNews #Revolut #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom #What'sHot
    newsbeep.com/uk/760288/

  5. Yuno Fast-Tracks Merchant Access to Revolut Payment Stack

    Merchants can now use one Yuno connection to add Revolut’s biometric one-click checkout, Revolut Pay, as well as…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mobile #Artificialintelligence #AU #Australia #biometrics #checkout #Partnerships #PYMNTSNews #Revolut #Technology #What'sHot
    newsbeep.com/au/880320/

  6. I was unaware of this and when asking my new bank to verify destruction of my biometrics under the APP1988, they are claiming retention under the AML for 7 years after the closure of the morgage.

    Grotesque nany state we live in. So gross. Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park comes to mind - just because they can collect this stuff, doesn't mean they should. especially when it could or will eventually leak. I cant change my face

    2/2

  7. Fun trap for people apply/refinancing their mortgage. The NextGen biometric that banks are requesting to for verification is being claimed as an exception to the Privacy Act 1988.

    It doesn't have to be de identified or destroyed after verification for Tranche1 entities under the AntiMoney Laundering / CTF act.

    1/2

  8. ICYMI: Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #LivenessDetection #Biometrics #SecurityStandards #Privacy #TechInnovation

  9. Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #LivenessDetection #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #DigitalIdentity #TechTrends

  10. Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #LivenessDetection #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #DigitalIdentity #TechTrends

  11. Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #LivenessDetection #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #DigitalIdentity #TechTrends

  12. Dating apps are increasingly adopting face recognition — framed as a safety feature against fake profiles. Worth noting: it also means biometric data flowing through platforms with variable security postures, retention policies, and third-party integrations. The threat surface isn't just the match — it's the infrastructure behind the swipe. #infosec #biometrics #privacy
    wired.com/story/face-recogniti

  13. EU: Don’t send our data to the US!

    "Under a new agreement, the EU would open up European police databases to the US, handing over huge amounts of sensitive personal data, including fingerprints and facial images, on millions of Europeans, in exchange for keeping visa-free travel."

    Sign the #petition here:

    action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-06-

    #privacy #security #jurisdiction #law #EU #visa #travel #US #Trump #biometrics #personal #data #fingerprints #police #database

  14. Looking at support.google.com/pixelphone/ and androidcentral.com/how-does-an, I'm curious what y'all think about modern #Android devices' "Trusted Execution Environment" storing #fingerprints (for authentication, unlocking, etc.) in, allegedly, a TPM-backed secure enclave that the OS doesn't have access to (really?)… For Pixel phones, Google claims biometrics never leave the TEE enclave, never touch servers, etc.

    I wouldn't use it to travel… but local? I saw some geek friends using it.

    #biometrics #security

  15. TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/techcrunch-nyc-health-hospitals-says-hackers-stole-medical-data-and-fingerprints-during-breach-affecting-at-least-1-8-million-people/
  16. Babylonian Biometrics and Widespread Methodological Shortcomings | Communications of the ACM
    dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3744705

    I just finished reading this. An interesting look into poor academic citation practices (leading to citogenesis xkcd.com/978/), historical accuracy, and biometrics.

    Also, this is a good read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi

    #academia #citogenesis #babylon #history #fingerprints #biometrics

  17. NIST: NIST Helps Fingerprint Examiners With New Data and Software Release. “A NIST collection of 10,000 fingerprints has now been fully annotated with details that will help train both human fingerprint examiners and AI tools. NIST has also released open-source software that can help evaluate and sort fingerprints according to their quality, potentially helping fingerprint examiners work more […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/nist-nist-helps-fingerprint-examiners-with-new-data-and-software-release/
  18. More shit that will be with us even when Trump is gone.

    DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies | WIRED

    wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-si

    > Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

    #DHS #biometrics #privacy #surveillance #faceRecognition #fingerprints

  19. The realization of which is still in the distant future. The new #biometrics technology is even crazier than the future #artificialintelligence in the fight against #crime and #terrorism. An application in the military sector would also be possible. #PalantirTechnologies

  20. @remixtures

    >Various AI-powered software programs were purchased under the governor’s border disaster declaration or in response to Abbott’s executive orders to prevent mass attacks, agency records show.

    The defense sector is all a big grift.

    >Several AI companies, including those that sell tech to DPS, have registered lobbyists in Texas this session, according to state records, including Clearview AI, Flock Safety, and LEO Technologies, which sells the Verus surveillance software. One company also has connections to state law enforcement in Texas: Skylor Hearn, a former DPS deputy director, was a registered lobbyist for Clearview AI in 2020 and 2021 and joined the company as its government affairs director in 2022. During his tenure at the firm, he testified in other states against banning or limiting police use of facial recognition tech. This session, Clearview AI has three registered lobbyists in Texas.

    The revolving door keeps revolving.

    >The Republican lawmaker cautioned that, while he would not necessarily call the agency’s capabilities a “dragnet,” he had concerns about protecting Texans’ privacy: “It does come into question whether we are creating a wide area of study of people who have not committed a crime and trying to use that for law enforcement purposes.”

    "That's not bullshit. It's repurposed bovine waste."

    >Meanwhile, Senator Parker’s bill, SB 1964, would require Texas agencies to more thoroughly report on how they use AI and what risks of “unlawful harm” these systems have. Under the bill, state agencies would be required to create impact assessments of any AI-powered tools they deploy—though the reports would be considered confidential and exempt from the Texas Public Information Act.

    Intelligence for me but not for thee.

    >“People want to make sure that the government isn’t just surveilling people who aren’t doing anything wrong just because they can. ..."

    Completely missing the point. The government *defines* what "doing anything wrong" *is*. "Only going after bad guys" is tautological nonsense in this context.

    >Shah, the attorney from Just Futures Law, said the dangers of surveillance technologies are easily overlooked because they are not viewed as inherently or imminently violent.
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    >“It’s just that it’s creating the infrastructure in which you can be harmed,” Shah said. Plus, she added, many surveillance tools were originally designed for warfare, or by former military intelligence personnel, and should be viewed through that lens and not as the “soft side” of policing, which is how some AI companies market the tools.
    >
    >“These are wartime technologies that are now in the hands of local cops,” she said. “We should be really worried.”

    At least one person quoted in the article understands the problem. Talk about burying the lede, @TexasObserver :P

    #TexasObserver #DragnetSurveillance #Surveillance #texas #AI #PoliceState #DPS #ALPRs #ALPR #ANPR #ANPRs #LicensePlateReaders #FacialRecognition #Biometrics #Flock