@evangreer @fightforthefuture.org @bsky.app @guardianproject @internetarchive @torproject 
Your first line of defense is still basic digital hygiene:
- Lock phones w/ a strong passphrase, *not* #biometrics
- Turn off fingerprint/face unlock: biometric unlocking can be compelled
- Don’t bring devices that hold all your stuff. Practice app and device compartmentalization
#privacy #FacialRecognition #biometrics #WorldClassPetty
"A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG)."
https://www.theverge.com/news/637228/madison-square-garden-james-dolan-facial-recognition-fan-ban
UK's first permanent facial recognition #cameras installed • The Register
The #MetropolitanPolice has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition ( #LFR ) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky location will be the South #London suburb of #Croydon
#facialrecognition #biometrics #privacy
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/
"New documents obtained by 404 Media reveal that Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states from an intelligence firm. The contract further describes the records as including current and former home addresses, dates of birth, arrest photos, social security and cell phone numbers, and email addresses. Clearview attempted to purchase this data from Investigative Consultant, Inc. (ICI) which billed itself as an intelligence company with access to tens of thousands of databases and the ability to create unique data streams for its clients. The contract was signed in mid-2019, at a time when Clearview AI was quietly collecting billions of photos off the internet and was relatively unknown at the time.
Ultimately, the entire deal fell apart after Clearview and ICI clashed about the utility of the data with each company filing breach of contract claims. The dispute ultimately went into arbitration where it is common for disputes to be settled privately. The arbiter ultimately sided with Clearview AI in 2024 and ordered ICI to return the contract money. To date, ICI has not paid Clearview, with the company now seeking a court order to enforce the arbiter’s ruling."
#HotTake: Every #human should be entitled by international #law to free, unseizeable #ID documents in the form of a travel #passport to evidence their #identity and have #FreedomOfMovement as well as a chance to #flee.
Why?
@theprivacyfoundation Promoting to @teslatakedown @resistancerallies
Be safe if you’re protesting.
#Brazil bans #SamAltman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans
#DarkWeb Facial ID Farm Warning—Hackers Build Identity Fraud Database
Provadivita employs state-of-the-art biometric identification techniques that enhance security and streamline the verification process. Learn more at https://medium.com/@provadivita/biometrics-for-fraud-protection-exploring-provadivita-38c0a0e4bd2b #Biometrics #FraudProtection #Provadivita #Cybersecurity #IdentityVerification #BiometricAuthentication #DataSecurity #InnovativeTech #DigitalSafety
Facial Recognition is slowly
getting embedded in most systems in the name of security.
This needs to stop.
Not only it will not help, but it will definitely harm a lot of innocent people: Identity theft and doxing when the inevitable data breaches happen. False positives, which can be very high and even higher for people of color. Normalized discrimination for many.
We collectively need to
refuse each time facial recognition is requested, and we need to write to our public representatives to demand better legislation against it.
If we do not refuse to participate and
we do not fight for our privacy rights collectively, we will lose them.
Here's how it works for airports in the US: https://gizmodo.com/senators-say-tsas-facial-recognition-program-is-out-of-control-heres-how-to-opt-out-2000528310
#Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for #Teams meetings
I found an incredible resource that explains all about "Biometric Liveness Detection". 
The security aspect of biometrics, examples of attacks, and threats posed by Deepfakes, you can find it all here:
(not a promotion — it's a resource that you must go through!)
1985 Print Circuit Life
The image represents a printed circuit board design overlaid with fingerprint patterns, symbolizing the intersection of human identity and technology.
https://nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/06-June1985-Page-086.png
@SecurityWriter just NEVER EVER USE BIOMETRIC BS because #biometrics are not a safe way to authenticate as they can be taken nonconsensually!!!
More about #GDC:
"A private intel corp billed as "Uber for war zones" is preparing to create what #Israel hopes will be the model for supplanting #Hamas rule in #Gaza
The Biden administration has approved the deployment of 1,000 CIA-trained private mercenaries as part of a joint U.S.-Israeli plan to turn Gaza’s apocalyptic rubblescape into a high-tech #dystopia.
Starting with Al-Atatra..."
US ok's #CIA #mercenaries to run Gaza #biometrics #concentrationcamps
https://www.uncaptured.media/p/us-authorizes-cia-mercenaries-to @palestine
Sicherheitspaket: Ampel ist für biometrische #Überwachung und #BigData-Analysen | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitspaket-Ampel-ist-fuer-biometrische-Ueberwachung-und-Big-Data-Analysen-9978994.html #ArtificialIntelligence #Datenschutz #privacy #surveillance #Biometrie #biometrics #FacialRecognition #Gesichtserkennung
NSA says you should turn off your phone weekly as a simple way to protect against security threats like malware, phishing, and spyware, to make it harder for hackers to steal your data (t may not prevent all attacks)
Mobile devices are vulnerable to various attacks, from malicious apps to zero-click exploits. Turning off your phone disrupts ongoing threats and can offer some defense against hackers
In addition to powering off your phone, #NSA suggests updating apps, using secure networks, avoiding public #WiFi, and employing strong #Passwords and #Biometrics to enhance mobile security
'I'd never seen such an audacious attack on anonymity before': Clearview AI and the creepy tech that can identify you with a single picture
"Concerns about facial recognition had been building for decades. And now the nebulous bogeyman had finally found its form: a small company with mysterious founders and an unfathomably large database."
The craziness about private businesses collecting biometric data very unnecessarily for basic identification purposes needs to stop.
Say NO to biometrics collection everywhere you can 
Privacy is a human right.
Mechanic