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You can wear a mask, pull up a hood, avoid looking at a camera – but you cannot easily change how you walk.
New US requirements for visa-free travel could involve sharing large amounts of biometric and law enforcement data, prompting concerns about privacy.
Digital identification is supposed to provide identity to all people. But sometimes it blocks access to essential services.
Businesses using facial recognition cameras need customer consent – but a new ruling could open a loophole in the law.
Before you scan your face, you might want to think twice about the risks.
The Privacy Commissioner found Kmart should have tried other options before facial recognition systems – and told customers what it was doing.
Despite the ruling against Bunnings, Australian businesses can continue to collect your biometric information without your explicit consent by simply putting up signs.
Automated facial recognition is becoming widespread in Australia. The technology has already been used by retail outlets, sport stadiums and casinos around the country. And in November, the Australian…
Apple’s plan for ‘spatial computing’ may redefine personal computing – and also facilitate trouble new kinds of surveillance.
Face recognition technology follows earlier biometric surveillance techniques, including fingerprints, passport photos and iris scans. It’s the first that can be done without the subject’s knowledge.
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Sessional Academic, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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