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Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

EU sends US biometric border-sharing deal to Council as deadline looms

EU sends US biometric border-sharing deal to Council as deadline looms

Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light

Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light

Singapore passes anti-scam bill

Singapore passes anti-scam bill

DHS launches 0M government-wide biometric capture procurement

DHS launches $440M government-wide biometric capture procurement

SIA defends regulated ALPR use as Flock backlash drives calls for bans

SIA defends regulated ALPR use as Flock backlash drives calls for bans

AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

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Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

A new patent granted to Seventh Sense AI by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protects […]

Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

Whether because of its age, its product focus or its relatively anemic branding, Microsoft has not caught much […]

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

Being able to pay just with your face is steadily becoming mainstream reality. In Japan, NEC and SoftBank […]

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta Platforms is facing a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit accusing the company of using photographs from Facebook […]

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Last week we published a story that revealed an Amazon warehouse where the company scans and destroys thousands […]

USCIS plans $100 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing to spend more than $100 million on a new biometrics […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Posted on 09.14.2026
Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Posted on 09.14.2026
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Posted on 09.14.2026
AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

Posted on 09.10.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Clearview AI prototype points to next phase of facial recognition: identity intelligence

Posted on 09.10.2026
IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

Posted on 09.09.202609.09.2026

BUSINESS

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent
09.09.2026

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

A new patent granted to Seventh Sense AI by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protects the company’s...

Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

09.09.2026
Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

09.09.2026
NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

09.07.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

08.28.2026
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

CRIME

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
09.14.2026

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Last summer, a cop with the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department used Flock’s surveillance search engine to look for a...

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

09.14.2026
New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

09.09.2026
IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

08.28.2026
Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

08.28.2026
ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

USA

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
09.14.2026

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites
09.14.2026

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center
09.11.2026

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras
09.09.2026

Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras

Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

09.09.2026
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

09.09.2026
Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

09.09.2026
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

09.08.2026
Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

09.03.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Daytona Beach approves police facial recognition searches of driver’s license photos

09.02.2026

WORLD

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability

09.09.2026

The first country to put age checks on social media sites is now the first to propose a digital duty...

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo
09.09.2026

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

EU-funded TrustED project develops framework unlocking data collaboration across Europe
09.09.2026

EU-funded TrustED project develops framework unlocking data collaboration across Europe

Pakistan weighs iris biometrics for SIM registration as identity theft persists
09.08.2026

Pakistan weighs iris biometrics for SIM registration as identity theft persists


DIG DEEPER

Meta Just Settled for  Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.
1 week ago

Meta Just Settled for $18 Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.

How to deal with the data center dilemma
1 week ago

How to deal with the data center dilemma

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever
2 weeks ago

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet
2 weeks ago

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet

Faster Than Usain Bolt? What the Chinese Robot Breakthrough Means for You
2 weeks ago

Faster Than Usain Bolt? What the Chinese Robot Breakthrough Means for You

VIDEODROME

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
1 week ago

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra
2 weeks ago

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra

How We Deal with Rogue AI
2 weeks ago

How We Deal with Rogue AI

5 Rules for AI Writing
2 weeks ago

5 Rules for AI Writing


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