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TSA’s facial recognition tech is highly accurate, review says

A DHS analysis found that self-identified Black volunteers who participated in testing of TSA’s biometric tools had the lowest face matching success rate of any demographic group, with an overall ...
WRAL

Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy

Facial recognition technology is improving by leaps and bounds. Some commercial software can now tell the gender of a person in a photograph. When the person in the photo is a white man, the software ...
Governing

New Jersey Questions Facial Recognition’s Accuracy

Proponents call facial recognition an important crime-fighting and security tool. Critics, however, warn the growing use of the technology brings with it the danger that flawed identification could ...
Santa Clara University

Examining the Ethics of Facial Recognition

Xiomara Quinonez ’24 graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Technical Innovation, Design, & Entrepreneurship. Quinonez was a 2023-24 ...
The Conversation

Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you – here’s why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairness

James Hendler receives funding from IBM, DARPA, and the NSF. He is a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, affiliated with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and consults or has ...
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ACLU Blasts Clearview’s Facial Recognition Accuracy Claims

The American Civil Liberties Union earlier this week criticized facial recognition tool developer Clearview for making misleading claims about the accuracy of its product. Clearview apparently has ...
Government Executive

Agencies Are Tapping a Facial Recognition Company to Prove You’re You. That Raises Concerns about Privacy, Accuracy and Fairness

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order to file taxes online. The IRS is joining a growing number of ...
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Government Agencies are Tapping a Facial Recognition Company to Prove You’re You: Here’s Why That Raises Concerns About Privacy, Accuracy and Fairness

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order to file taxes online. The IRS is joining a growing number of ...
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Agencies Are Tapping a Facial Recognition Company to Prove You’re You. That Raises Concerns about Privacy, Accuracy and Fairness

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order ...