Perspectives on the intersection of technology and privacy.
Stay up-to-date right here.
Facebook Abandons Face Recognition - What It Really Means
Facebook, now Meta, has announced they are shutting down their face recognition program. What does that mean?
Ethical AI: Demographic Bias in Biometrics
How accurate are biometric systems? Is demographic bias an important issue?
Defeating Facial Recognition Technology
What people think will break face rec systems and what actually will fool them are very different things. Let's look at how asymmetric face paint and hair styles influence performance.
Benefits of Touchless Biometric Technologies
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the trend towards touchless biometric identification technology had started.
Identity Technology – It’s Really Just Math
Biometric matching may seem like magic, but it's just a bunch of math. Matching is done with a mathematical construct called a template.
Disneyland and Fingerprints
The Walt Disney Corporation has been an early and enthusiastic adopter of biometric technology for decades.
Biometrics in Your Everyday Life
Biometric technologies are slowly infiltrating our lives. Read how these technologies are improving your day to day tasks.
What is Identity?
The concept of identity is a challenging topic to tackle due to its fluid nature. How does technology influence our perception and usage of identity?
How to Opt-out of Face Recognition at Airports
US citizens have the right to opt-out of airport face recognition programs. This might cause a slight delay but maybe not. Even a small error rate would cause thousands of people to be misidentified every day so you might actually be speeding things up by skipping the surveillance.
About the San Francisco Ban on Face Recognition Technology
San Francisco is the first city in the United States to adopt a ban on government use of facial recognition technology. What do we think of that at Blink Identity?