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Monday, May 19, 2025
TopicFacial recognition

Topic: facial recognition

Paying with your face—what will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?

While facial recognition technology isn’t new, facial recognition payment technology is—and it’s growing very quickly. About 495 million Chinese shoppers used it in 2021.

Hyderabad wants to be smart, efficient. But face recognition tech, CCTVs making it paranoid

The streets of Hyderabad are under constant watch, but not everyone feels safe. People are wearing masks to protests, avoiding praying at mosque.

Modi govt plans face authentication for MGNREGS attendance, eyes 2024 launch

Move comes almost a year after Centre made digital capturing of attendance under MGNREGS universal. Aim is to weed out ghost beneficiaries and reduce financial irregularities.    

Another ‘MCU’ to help crack crime — efforts to build database for face recognition, DNA in full swing

Preliminary work to set up Measurement Collection Units as part of Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, done. Police officers say it would be a big push to crime-solving.

Why India can’t let private sector develop facial recognition tech for law enforcement

Venture capital funded FRT companies can discount the price of facial recognition technology and push its use in law enforcement contexts without any public input or scrutiny.

Jubilation over number of CCTVs is bizarre. India needs to make privacy laws, not become China

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Modi govt now plans a ‘touchless’ vaccination process, with Aadhaar-based facial recognition

In an interview, National Health Authority chief R.S. Sharma says UIDAI's facial recognition algorithms will soon be rolled out at vaccination centres.

NCRB wants its automated facial recognition system to detect mask-covered faces too

NCRB's planned Automated Facial Recognition System is aimed at automatic identification and verification. It will be implemented at the national level.

Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition doesn’t fit into idea of democracy: Shashi Tharoor

Speaking at the CPR Dialogues 2020, Congress MP says Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ‘positive potential’ but ‘far greater propensity’ to interfere with human rights.

Indian govt’s approach to facial recognition is flawed & driven by faulty assumptions

Facial recognition is not a panacea for understaffed police forces, nor a suitable instance of modernisation of the police forces.

On Camera

My plea to automakers—I really want some buttons, it makes driving easier

The MG Windsor takes the lack of buttons to another level. For example, there is no dedicated button to control the outside rear-view mirrors.

Women entrepreneurs can boost global GDP by $5 trillion. How their potential can be unlocked

World Bank data highlights a lack of government programmes that provide women entrepreneurs access to finance and training, which can support them in opening and running a business.

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.