From Papers, Please! Buried in the latest Fall 2019 edition of an obscure Federal bureaucratic planning database called the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is an official notice from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that: To facilitate the implementation of a seamless biometric entry-exit system that uses facial recognition … DHS is proposing to amend the…
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China introduces mandatory face scans for phone users
AFP Relax reports: China will require telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at offline outlets starting Sunday, according to the country’s information technology authority, as Beijing continues to tighten cyberspace controls. In September, China’s industry and information technology ministry issued a notice on “safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of…
The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers’ Personal Information
Joseph Cox reports: The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers’ personal information, according to a DMV document obtained by Motherboard. DMVs across the country are selling data that drivers are required to provide to the organization in order to obtain a license. This information includes names,…
NYPD Pulls Fingerprint Database Offline Due to Ransomware Scare
Dark Reading reports: The New York Police Department (NYPD) pulled its LiveScan fingerprint tracking system offline after a ransomware virus spread to 23 machines connected to the database over the weekend. The incident began on October 5, when a contractor installing a digital display at a Queens police academy plugged in an infected NUC mini-PC,…