The FBI’s Secretive Biometric Database

Should the Federal Bureau of Investigation be exempt from federal privacy laws that govern the collection and use of a citizen’s personal information? Some federal law enforcement officials at the FBI think so. The FBI wants the personal information that is stored in their massive biometric database to be exempt from current U.S. privacy regulations. The […]

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New Iris Scanner Can Identify People 40 Feet Away

Big Brother meets Minority Report with this new identity recognition technology. Advanced iris scanning software developed by engineers at Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Biometrics Center can identify people from up to 40 feet away and is even accurate when the person’s eye is scanned from reflections in their car’s side and rear-view mirrors. According to Marios […]

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