biometrics

UK will use GPS fingerprint scanner to track people facing deportation

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The UK’s Home Office will use a key fob-like device to track people who are subject to deportation orders 24 hours a day, meaning at any point they could be required to scan their fingerprints and confirm their location Technology 11 November 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu The UK’s Home Office will use fingerprint scanners … Read more

US-built biometrics equipment is falling into the hands of the Taliban

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By Lynzy Billing A voter gets their fingerprint scanned at a polling station in Herat in 2019 HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images With the Taliban having now taken over Afghanistan, there are growing concerns about how it might use the data from the huge biometrics programme that has been left behind. An extensive database of … Read more