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Facebook is giving $397 payments to Illinois residents as part of its facial-recognition lawsuit settlement

TechSpot

The suit, filed in 2015, alleged that Facebook's retired photo-tagging feature violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which forbids the collection of identifiable biometric data without a person's explicit consent. This includes the likes of fingerprints, retina scans, and facial geometry.

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Texas is suing Meta over Facebook facial recognition

The Verge

The lawsuit, filed today in state district court , claims Meta’s Facebook photo tagging system violated the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act. It’s seeking financial damages and an end to any unauthorized use of Texans’ biometric data.

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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

Vox

Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. In fact, Meta is already exploring ways to incorporate biometrics into its emerging metaverse business , which aims to build a virtual, internet-based simulation where people can interact as avatars.

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Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. Alaska is already using biometrics for identification on international flights. But ultimately, Alaska plans to make biometrics even more integral to flying.

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Judge approves $650 million Facebook privacy settlement over facial recognition feature

The Verge

Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in Cook County Circuit Court back in 2015, alleging that the platform’s use of facial recognition tagging was not allowed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. It sends a pretty clear message that in Illinois, biometric privacy rights are here to stay.”.

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Facebook is shutting down its Face Recognition tagging program

The Verge

As part of it, the company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos, and it will delete the facial recognition templates that it uses for identification. Facebook previously restricted facial recognition to an opt-in feature in 2019.

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Passwords Are Ruining the Web

Phil Windley

Chances are, if you're like me, that you pick up your phone and use a biometric authentication method (e.g. Then you select the app and the biometrics play again to make sure it's you, and you're in. Tags: identity passwords authentication ssi. FaceId) to open it. Others don't.