In-depth educational content on facial recognition, biometrics, and AI technology.
When a report says "facial match," it could mean three completely different things, and the difference matters enormously. Here's the vocabulary lesson that pro
A heart rate of 110 bpm can be completely fine or genuinely alarming, and the difference has nothing to do with the number itself. Learn why biometric data is o
You think you're using a fun shopping feature. A federal court says you may be sharing regulated biometric data. Learn what's actually happening when software m
A court just revived a lawsuit over a facial scan used to try on sunglasses online, and the reason why teaches something surprising about how biometric privacy
You might think biometric privacy law is simple: did a company scan your face or not? A federal court ruling over virtual try-on glasses just proved that's only
A major eyewear company tried to dodge Illinois's biometric privacy law by calling its face-scanning app "health-related." A federal appeals court said not so f
A federal court just ruled that scanning your face to try on glasses virtually isn't a healthcare activity, and that distinction matters for your privacy rights
When you upload your face to a virtual try-on app, a selfie isn't what gets stored, a mathematical map of your face's geometry is. Here's why that difference ju
Most people think a selfie is how apps verify your identity. It's actually just one of four checks running in the background, and the others are far more intere
A deepfake can look totally convincing frame by frame. But researchers found that how a face moves is much harder to fake than how it looks, and the detection a
A police facial recognition trial ran for weeks before anyone asked the privacy commissioner. Here's what that missing review actually does, and why it matters
Most people treat face and fingerprint login like a password, something that can be fixed if it goes wrong. Here's why that's the one mistake you really can't a
