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Windows 10 embraces iris scans, facial recognition

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Microsoft is embracing biometric login with a new feature of Windows 10 that can recognize faces, fingerprints and irises for authentication it claims is more secure than passwords.

Windows Hello can be used to authenticate users but also applications, data and Websites without storing passwords on devices that support the feature.

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The company says facial and iris recognition require infrared cameras on Windows 10 devices in order to distinguish individuals even in varying lighting conditions. Microsoft says it is working with hardware makers to deliver such devices that incorporate Intel’s RealSense 3D Camera F200, which supports Windows Hello. Microsoft says Windows Hello supports existing fingerprint readers.

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Network World Tim Greene

Dubai police to use Google Glass for facial recognition

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Police officers in Dubai will soon be able to identify suspects wanted for crimes just by looking at them.

Using Google Glass and a custom-developed facial recognition software, Dubai police will be able to capture photos of people around them and search their faces in a database of people wanted for crimes, according to a recent Reuters report. When a match is made in the database, the Glass device will receive a notification.

Although the project will initially be rolled out to traffic police, the devices will eventually be given to detectives as well, according to Reuters.

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Network World Colin Neagle

San Diego quietly slips facial recognition into the hands of law enforcers

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Police and other authorities are using smartphones and tablets to snap photos in the field, without warrants or asking for subjects’ permission to run their images against criminal databases. The program was rolled out without public hearings or notice, and could represent the beginning of a national rollout.
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Facebook to include profile photos in its facial recognition database?

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Building on its use of facial recognition, Facebook has highlighted how it plans to use members’ profile pictures as an identification tool to allow their friends to tag them in photos.
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