Surveillance, identity and the right to go missing
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Do we have a right to go missing? The global…
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner and it most usually refers to observation of individuals or groups by government organizations. Find surveillance solutions here.
Iran rolls out AI platform prototype amid facial recognition surveillance accusations
Iran has presented a prototype of its national AI platform, designed to address both the country’s lagging technological development and…
Fujitsu advances AI in radio access networks for real-time video analytics
Fujitsu, in collaboration with NVIDIA, is advancing the integration of AI into radio access networks (RAN) to enhance real-time video…
St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnicity recognition to monitor migrants
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population,…
Russia spends $1B on video surveillance purchases
In 2024, the Russian state increased purchases of video surveillance systems to 130.1 billion rubles (US$1.4 billion). However, the share…
Georgia’s surveillance cameras under scrutiny amid anti-government protests
Over the past years, Georgia has installed more than 4,300 “smart” cameras on its streets. The surveillance networks – built…
US states take a page from EU’s AI Act, but biometrics impact likely minimal
America is grappling with how to regulate AI. A divide has opened up between the approaches of the federal and…
New LiDAR system can ID a face a kilometer away
A new study has created a superconducting LiDAR system capable of capturing an astonishing amount of detail from distance. LiDAR…
Georgian nonprofit calls for investigation into use of FRT to prosecute protestors
A prominent nonprofit in the country of Georgia has called for an investigation into the use of facial recognition cameras….
Trump deregulation is re-shaping the future of biometric surveillance in policing
The advent of AI has exponentially increased the capabilities of biometric tools such as facial recognition, fingerprint analysis, and voice…
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