While predicting what someone’s face looks like based on a DNA sample remains extremely problematic, it is getting easier to use such a sample to filter the right face from a face database. That’s ...

A controversial facial recognition tech company behind a vast face image search engine widely used by cops has been fined approximately $33 million in the Netherlands for serious data privacy ...

Cops would love to have a system that uses DNA from a crime scene to generate a picture of a suspect’s face, but that tech is still restricted to science fiction. Because people’s faces are also ...

A massive Chinese database storing millions of faces and vehicle license plates was left exposed on the internet for months before it quietly disappeared in August. While its contents might seem ...

Matthias Marx says his face has been stolen. The German activist’s visage is pale and wide, topped with messy, blond hair. So far, these features have been mapped and monetized by three companies ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google needs a wide array of face data A company spokesperson confirmed that the purpose of the scans is to ...

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is currently responsible for the operation of a central hub of a facial recognition system that will link up identity-matching systems between government agencies ...

Every day, Facebook users upload hundreds of millions of photos to the social network. If they haven’t opted out, the software scans those photos in search of faces it recognizes. As users either ...