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A city’s push for #FacialRecognition on public buses ignites debate over security and #privacy

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-facial-recognition-ai-cameras-privacy-87847f57c94b6c2a9e22a7b3a222e703

#KansasCity #FRT #PublicTransit #surveillance

Kansas City's plan for facial recognition cameras on buses sparks privacy concerns

Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses. However, the rollout has been delayed due to technical and financial issues. Officials hoped the cameras would be ready for the World Cup matches the city began hosting this week. Privacy concerns have also played a role in the delay. The state backed out of providing funds, but the program is moving forward with federal and local money. SafeSpace Global, the company behind the project, believes the technology will enhance safety. Critics worry about privacy and potential misuse. Meanwhile, extra officers will patrol during the World Cup to ensure safety.

AP News

The New Oil 3d ago

#EFF Joins 60+ Groups Urging the #UK to Halt Face Estimation at the Border

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/joins-60-groups-urging-uk-halt-face-estimation-border

#immigration #politics #privacy #FRT #FacialRecognition #biometrics #AgeVerification

EFF Joins 60+ Groups Urging the UK to Halt Face Estimation at the Border

This week, EFF joined Foxglove, Human Rights Watch, and 60 other organizations in writing to the UK’s Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, Alex Norris, raising serious concern about the Home Office’s decision to deploy Facial Age Estimation (FAE) to assess asylum-seeking children from...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The New Oil 4d ago

The #UK Will Scan #Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

https://www.wired.com/story/facial-age-estimate-uk-asylum-seekers/

#FRT #FacialRecognition #privacy #biometrics #politics #immigration #AgeVerification

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

WIRED

The New Oil Jun 16

#Meta Tapped a #Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-rank-one-computing-face-recognition-smart-glasses/

#FRT #FacialRecognition #SmartGlasses #RayBan #Oakley #privacy #surveillance

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.

WIRED

The New Oil Jun 12

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest #Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

https://www.wired.com/story/wrongful-arrest-tests-one-of-the-oldest-police-face-recognition-tools-in-the-us/

#FRT #FacialRecognition #Florida #privacy #surveillance

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face recognition match as a near-certain ID.

WIRED

The New Oil Jun 9

#Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its #SmartGlasses App After WIRED Report

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses/

#privacy #FRT #FacialRecognition #Oakley #RayBan

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

WIRED

PrivacyDigest Jun 9

VICTORY: #Meta Strips #FacialRecognition Code From #SmartGlasses App After Public Outcry

Just days after a damning WIRED report exposed that Meta had quietly embedded facial recognition technology (#FRT ) code into millions of phones, the tech giant has quietly acquiesced in demands to reverse course.

Last week, researchers identified code in #MetaAI , a companion app for its line of smart glasses, that could convert images of faces into unique #biometric signatures to #identify strangers in public. EFF’s Threat Lab verified these findings through static analysis, and reminded consumers to think twice before buying or using Meta’s #surveillance glasses.
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/victory-meta-strips-facial-recognition-code-smart-glasses-app-after-public-outcry

VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry

Just days after a damning WIRED report exposed that Meta had quietly embedded facial recognition technology (FRT) code into millions of phones, the tech giant has quietly acquiesced in demands to reverse course.Last week, researchers identified code in Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The New Oil Jun 6

#ICE’s Plan to Let #Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify #Immigration Status

https://www.404media.co/ices-plan-to-let-cops-around-the-country-scan-faces-to-verify-immigration-status/

#police #politics #privacy #FRT #FacialRecognition #biometrics #surveillance

ICE’s Plan to Let Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify Immigration Status

ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand agencies access to a facial recognition app that verifies a person's immigration status.

404 Media

The New Oil Jun 5

#Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its #SmartGlasses to Millions of Phones

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/

#FRT #FacialRecognition #RayBan #Oakley #NameTag #AI

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

WIRED

The New Oil May 31

Journalist Spots Fugitive Terrorist Using #FacialRecognition Software

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/30/2125244/journalist-spots-fugitive-terrorist-using-facial-recognition-software

#FRT #privacy

Journalist Spots Fugitive Terrorist Using Facial Recognition Software - Slashdot

Slashdot reader Bruce66423 writes: A German court this week sentenced a member of the Red Army Faction — a far-left terrorist organisation that operated in West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s — to jail. [67-year-old Daniela Klettewas was sentenced to 13 years for armed robberies, accord...