Hugging Face abused to spread thousands of Android malware variants

A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK ...

Masked agents, face scans and a question: Are you a citizen? Inside Trump’s Minnesota crackdown

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the ...

Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind

There are lots of examples of facial recognition’s role in helping police to locate wanted and vulnerable people. But as facial recognition technology is more widely adopted, our research suggests the ...
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ICE facial recognition app Mobile Fortify powered by NEC

NEC’s facial recognition, marketed under names like NeoFace and NeoFace Reveal, represents some of the most advanced ...

DHS Reveals Tech Giant Behind ICE’s Controversial Face-Scanning App

DHS reveals NEC Corporation powers ICE's Mobile Fortify face-scanning app through $23.9 million contract enabling biometric ...

The tech behind ICE’s facial recognition.

We’ve known for a while that ICE agents are using a couple of different apps to pull people’s details based on their faces, but The New York Times does a good job of laying out the tech the agency has ...
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Masked agents, face scans and a question: Are you a citizen?

Experts warn the expanding use of those systems risks sweeping up citizens and noncitizens alike, often with little transparency or meaningful oversight.