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facial-recognition
Technology Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces
Independent security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that the people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files, including photos of faces, publicly accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket. A second misconfiguration exposed email addresses and phone numbers. The company secured the data after WIRED reached out but disputed that the data was publicly exposed.
Technology Sainsbury's pauses London store's AI cameras after shopper wrongly accused of shoplifting
Sainsbury's has paused live facial recognition cameras at a London store after a shopper was wrongly flagged as a shoplifter by Facewatch technology. The incident, along with a 0.2% error rate, raises questions about AI surveillance deployment in retail.
Technology New York City Lawmakers Push to 'Ban the Scan' at Madison Square Garden
City Council member Shahana Hanif's 'Ban the Scan' bill would prohibit public venues from using biometric recognition technology such as Madison Square Garden's facial-recognition systems. The bill has 27 endorsements, and MSG faces scrutiny over its data collection, including watch lists and risk scores for celebrities.
Technology UK to Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces with Flawed AI Age Estimation Despite Internal Warnings
The UK Home Office plans to deploy facial age estimation AI on asylum seekers from 2026, despite an internal report showing the technology regularly mistakes children for adults and exhibits racial bias. The system errors by an average of 4.6 years for female Sub-Saharan Africans, the largest migrant group crossing the Channel.