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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
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Crypto Scammers Using AI Deepfakes to Spoof KYC Verification on Exchanges, Binance Security Chief Says
Hackers and scammers are now using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology in order to breach the security of crypto exchanges and Web3 related firms. If scammers succeed in creating deepfakes of crypto investors, their chances of bypassing facial recognition or voice recognition security layers of crypto platforms and stealing user funds ...
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Indian Banks Said to Soon Use Face Recognition, Iris Scan for Some Transactions
The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions that exceed a certain annual limit using facial recognition and an iris scan in some cases, in a bid to reduce fraud and tax evasion, three sources told Reuters. A few large private and public banks have begun using the option, said one of the sources, a bank...
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
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Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
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DRDO Research Centre Develops Non-Contact Based Attendance System
COVID-19 pandemic has presently made it unsafe to use contact-based biometric verification for attendance marking systems. To circumvent this problem, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO, has successfully developed AI-based Attendance Application (AINA) which allows non-contact based personnel verification using facial features of the person capture...
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PUBG Mobile 'Healthy Gameplay System' Error Fixed for India But Here's What Could Happen Next
PUBG Mobile India players don't have the Healthy Reminder feature any more. Though Tencent does have more stringent, potentially privacy invasive methods at its disposal if a PUBG ban is in the offing.
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More Consumers Opting For Biometric Verification For Payments, Says Report
New forms of authentication, such as fingerprints, facial or voice recognition, can make unlocking accounts and payments much easier.
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Face Recognition To Be Allowed To Verify Aadhaar Cardholders
Aadhaar users stuck over the verification of biometric data like their iris or fingerprint scan can soon get help from facial recognition. The UIDAI or the agency in charge of the national identity card system announced this in a statement today, with officials saying this would not just add an extra layer of security but would also benefit million...
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
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Crypto Scammers Using AI Deepfakes to Spoof KYC Verification on Exchanges, Binance Security Chief Says
Hackers and scammers are now using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology in order to breach the security of crypto exchanges and Web3 related firms. If scammers succeed in creating deepfakes of crypto investors, their chances of bypassing facial recognition or voice recognition security layers of crypto platforms and stealing user funds ...
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Indian Banks Said to Soon Use Face Recognition, Iris Scan for Some Transactions
The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions that exceed a certain annual limit using facial recognition and an iris scan in some cases, in a bid to reduce fraud and tax evasion, three sources told Reuters. A few large private and public banks have begun using the option, said one of the sources, a bank...
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
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Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
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DRDO Research Centre Develops Non-Contact Based Attendance System
COVID-19 pandemic has presently made it unsafe to use contact-based biometric verification for attendance marking systems. To circumvent this problem, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO, has successfully developed AI-based Attendance Application (AINA) which allows non-contact based personnel verification using facial features of the person capture...
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PUBG Mobile 'Healthy Gameplay System' Error Fixed for India But Here's What Could Happen Next
PUBG Mobile India players don't have the Healthy Reminder feature any more. Though Tencent does have more stringent, potentially privacy invasive methods at its disposal if a PUBG ban is in the offing.
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More Consumers Opting For Biometric Verification For Payments, Says Report
New forms of authentication, such as fingerprints, facial or voice recognition, can make unlocking accounts and payments much easier.
-
Face Recognition To Be Allowed To Verify Aadhaar Cardholders
Aadhaar users stuck over the verification of biometric data like their iris or fingerprint scan can soon get help from facial recognition. The UIDAI or the agency in charge of the national identity card system announced this in a statement today, with officials saying this would not just add an extra layer of security but would also benefit million...
