Tag: Facial Recognition

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Gov’t ID review finally delivered

A long-overdue review into identity security has finally been handed to government, just as the Coalition recommits to its controversial facial recognition legislation. The Department of Home Affairs launched...

Vic gov’t firm on facial recognition

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government’s first public trial of its new facial recognition technology has been “diabolical” and was “absolutely destined to fail”, according to the Smart Energy Council chief executive...

Report urges facial ID transparency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should be more transparent about its use of facial recognition technology and work more closely with the private sector in development ICT tools for law enforcement,...

Facial recognition a political problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal opposition and Greens have backed a call from tech giant Microsoft for governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. Microsoft president Brad...

Algorithms have a racial bias

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Kriti Sharma is not a man and she is not white. She’s experienced artificial intelligence bias as a result and is campaigning to stamp it out. “Facial recognition systems...

Turnbull’s new face biometric plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Commonwealth plans to incorporate state government drivers’ licence photos in its facial recognition systems used by law enforcement is a “massive privacy overreach,” digital rights advocates have said. Prime...