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The United States government is reportedly considering a ban against Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, over what some security experts say are valid fears regarding user privacy and the security of the data the app collects. “The amount of data (TikTok) collects is above and beyond what other social media platforms collect,” said Anita Nikolich, […]
A pair of computer security experts from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Australia, are raising concerns regarding the safety of data collected from TikTok users, speculating on the possibility that it is being harvested for the Chinese Communist Party. Paul Haskell-Dowland, associate dean of computing and security, and James Jin Kang, a lecturer in […]
The New York Times is reporting that the Chinese government is quietly collecting DNA samples from its male citizens to build a giant genetic database. The government would be able to use the information to build a genetic map that covers more than 700 million male individuals across the country. According to the report, the […]
The Chinese voice recognition specialist iFlyTek is going against the grain with its sales strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has announced that it plans to open 1,000 physical retail outlets before the end of the year. The dramatic expansion will bring the company’s footprint to a total of around 3,000 locations. iFlyTek currently […]
Facial recognition has helped a Chinese couple find their son who was kidnapped 30 years ago. Mao Yin had been abducted in Xian while walking home with his father, Mao Zhenjing. Yin’s mother Li Jingzhi spent the next three decades searching for her son, and even helped 29 other families reunite with missing children. However, […]
China is expanding the scope of its biometric network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guangzhou Public Transportation Group is now using biometric tablets to check the temperature (and the identity) of every passenger who boards one of the city’s buses. The tablets themselves are being installed next to the driver’s seat on the […]
The Home Office of the United Kingdom has announced that the U.K. is joining China’s FaceR2VM project, which aims to develop facial recognition technology to be able to identify people even when their face is partially hidden by a mask. The Home Office has said that it is “one of several partners” of the project, […]
“Hanvon says its biometric technology can identify everyone in a crowd of up to 30 people within one second.” As the impact of COVID-19 continues to have ripple effects in China, a domestic AI specialist has launched a new biometric facial recognition system tailored to identify people even when they’re wearing face masks. As Reuters […]
“In China, facial recognition cameras, coupled with the state’s broader surveillance capabilities, allow authorities to immediately access citizen’s travel histories, potentially enhancing their ability to track and control the virus’s spread.” Chinese authorities are now turning their massive apparatus of biometric surveillance to the containment of coronavirus, suggests a new report from Al Jazeera. Details […]
The Military Manpower Administration arm of South Korea’s military has announced a partnership with cybersecurity company Roansecure that will see them adopt a new blockchain-based biometric identification and authentication system. Raonsecure — which currently serves 30 million people in South Korea and projects to grow that number to 700 million in the Asia-Pacific region — […]
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