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Riot police detain a man during clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11, 2021.

Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices that recognize faces and fingerprints

Technology

Greek authorities say the technology will make police checks more efficient, but critics are sounding the alarm about potential abuses. 

A woman goes through security checks at the Sarajevo International Airport in Sarajevo February 26, 2014.

Flying abroad? You may have to go through a facial scan at the airport.

Technology

Police in Ohio, 26 other states using facial recognition software in secret

Global Politics

New Report Shows Ohio Police Secretly Use Facial Recognition Technology

The Technology of the Boston Bombing Manhunt

Conflict & Justice
The World

About Face

Global Politics

There are thousands of closed—circuit surveillance cameras in New York City. One of them belongs to the artist Wafaa Bilal.

New Police Technology Raises Privacy Concerns

Starting this fall, law-enforcement agencies across the country will be outfitted with new devices that will make iPhones capable of scanning a person’s face and matching it to a database of people with criminal records. The new facial-recognition technology, which is also able to collect fingerprints, has raised concerns with privacy advocates who say police […]