Expert commentary on facial recognition, biometrics, and AI technology.
Facial recognition breakthroughs, OSINT strategies, and investigation technology — delivered to your inbox every morning.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. We respect your inbox.
A single deepfake video call convinced real employees to move real money. Singapore is now rethinking how its whole financial system checks identity, here's wha
Malaysia wants MyKad and a face scan before anyone under 16 can use social media. Good goal, risky design, here's the tradeoff nobody's saying out loud.
A leaked EU proposal called the Kids Act could push age verification software into your kid's games, AI chatbots, and social apps, not just adult sites. Here's
Singapore lost S$242.9 million to government impersonation scams in 2025, so it's testing a common prefix for official calls. Here's why your phone can no longe
The Taylor Swift deepfake scandal got fixed in a day because millions of fans made noise. Most people whose face gets stolen for fake sexual images don't have t
A grandma in Australia lost R2 million to an AI "boyfriend." Scammers cloned Singapore's own Prime Minister on a Zoom call. Here's what the country's new safegu
A breach tied to 170 million driver's licenses, ID cards, and travel documents shows why "just upload your ID" is a bigger ask than it sounds, and why you can't
A Shanghai court just made AI voice cloning legally expensive. Here's what that $112,000 ruling means for the rest of us when a "familiar" voice calls asking fo
TSA is rolling out facial recognition at more airports while, in the same week, 170 million ID documents allegedly leaked and a voice-cloning scam cost someone
Singapore is testing a simple fix for a scary problem: a prefix on government calls so you can tell a real official from an AI-cloned voice trying to rob you.
Steam now wants Australian gamers to hand over a credit card before they can play mature-rated games they already own. We break down why, and whether there was
The UK wants your phone, not just individual websites, to prove how old you are. That sounds efficient. It also means one privacy mistake follows you everywhere
