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The IT Pro Podcast: Going passwordless

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IT Pro Podcast Something you are, or something you have, could be more important than a password you know in the near future

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Podcast transcript: Going passwordless

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IT Pro Podcast Read the full transcript for this episode of the IT Pro Podcast

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A male police officer watches a number of CCTV feeds on a computer monitor

UK police fails ethical tests with "unlawful" facial recognition deployments

By Rory Bathgate published

News A University of Cambridge team audited UK police use of the tech and found frequent ethical and legal shortcomings

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Snapchat settles for $35 million in Illinois biometrics lawsuit

By Rory Bathgate published

News The social media giant had been accused of improperly collecting, storing facial geometry in violation of state legislation

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Home Office to collect foreign offenders' biometric data using smartwatch scheme

By Rory Bathgate published

News Facial recognition and geolocation data will be matched against Home Office, Ministry of Justice and police databases

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A close-up shot of a CCTV camera on a wall, in a brighly lit building

Southern co-operative faces legal complaint for facial recognition CCTV

By Rory Bathgate published

News Rights group Big Brother Watch has written to the Information Commissioner to “stop unlawful processing”

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A ring doorbell fixed next to a door on the wall

Amazon gave police departments Ring footage without permission

By Zach Marzouk published

News The tech giant has done this 11 times this year

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A point-of-view shot of a pregnant woman, holding a phone with an app that shows she is 22 weeks pregnant

FTC fires warning against sensitive data misuse

By Rory Bathgate published

News The agency has responded to fears around biometric data breaches, including those relating to abortion services

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A building with a stylised S logo on its side and Chinese characters underneath which the word 'SenseTime' is written

SoftBank under pressure over links with 'blacklisted' Chinese facial recognition firm

By Rory Bathgate published

News A subsidiary of the Japanese tech giant that conducts business with Mastercard and Visa relies on tech by the sanctioned SenseTime

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A digital render of a thumbprint, which glows blue and has strands of energy emanating from it

Review calls for urgent new laws over use of biometric technology

By Rory Bathgate published

News Report also calls for the creation of a biometrics ethics board and greater scrutiny of data sharing

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