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Congress targets underage betting with facial age estimation bill
Online sportsbooks and prediction markets would have to analyze a user’s face to estimate whether the person is old enough to gamble under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday in the U.S. House. The Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act would require an age check either when a user logs into a platform or before the user places a wager or trades
AI fraud fuels debate over continuous identity verification
Artificial intelligence allows organized fraud rings to manufacture thousands of synthetic identities, generate fraudulent documents and deepfake videos, and attack government benefit programs at a scale that federal identity systems were not built to withstand, according to authorities at a hearing Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Gover
US lawmaker pushes AI safeguards for children and civil rights
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is pressing Congress to restrict how AI companies collect and use information from children and to impose civil rights safeguards on algorithms that help determine who receives a job, apartment, loan, education, or medical care. The proposals form two major parts of the Massachusetts Democrat’s new AI Accountability Agenda: Taking Pow
EU divisions persist over US border biometric data framework
European Union governments remain divided over a proposed agreement that would allow U.S. authorities to query national databases containing fingerprints and other personal information when screening travelers and people encountered during border and immigration proceedings. EU ambassadors were due to consider whether the latest compromise provides a suffici
California quadruples access to mobile driver’s licenses
California has opened its mobile driver’s license program to millions more residents under a new law that raises the enrollment limit from 15 percent to 60 percent of the state’s licensed drivers. Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 169 on Monday as part of the state’s transportation budget legislation. The law took effect immediately and increases the maximum s
Microsoft and Google push passkeys deeper into workplace authentication
Microsoft and Google are pushing passkeys and hardware security keys deeper into workplace authentication, with Microsoft preparing to make passkeys the default authentication experience in Entra ID, and Google adding FIDO2 -compliant security keys as a second factor in the Windows login process for Google Workspace users. The announcements, both made Monday
LAPD’s withdrawal from Flock exposes deeper failures in camera oversight
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) allowed its three-year agreement with Flock Safety to expire July 11 and suspended its use of the company’s automated license plate readers , adding one of the nation’s largest police departments to a widening backlash against the privately built surveillance network. LAPD had used 138 pole-mounted Flock cameras acros
US passport photo plan points to new layer of remote biometric verification
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this month that the State Department is preparing to make passport applications “almost all” online, including a process in which an applicant uses a phone or computer camera and the government’s security system to “verify the facial ID.” He said applicants would be able to apply “online entirely, for the most part,”
TSA plans sole-source contract for credentialing technology support
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to award Identification Technology Partners (IDTP) a sole-source contract for technical support involving credentials issued through the agency’s security threat assessment process. TSA said the proposed contract would support requirements within its security technology office and provide specialized exp
US, CARICOM establish regional biometric data-sharing partnership
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) regional security agency, Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), signed an agreement to create the first multilateral biometric information sharing arrangement established by DHS, extending U.S. immigration vetting and border security checks across participating
AI glasses reveal widening gap between Meta’s privacy safeguards and AI ambitions
Meta is expanding the anti-tampering safeguard built into its AI glasses after users found ways to conceal or destroy the small light intended to tell bystanders when they are being photographed or filmed. The company said last week that the camera will be disabled when the glasses detect that the light has been covered, modified, or physically damaged. Meta