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Abstract: Facial recognition has established itself as a key technology with multiple applications in security, authentication, and access control. This paper presents the development of a facial ...

Face-Attendance-System/ │-- dataset/ # Captured face images │-- trainer/ # Trained model files │-- Attendance.csv # Attendance log file │-- takeImage.py ...

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...

Australia’s New South Wales Police used a legacy facial recognition algorithm for over a decade and declined repeated offers of updates from the vendor, instead replacing it with a system adapted ...

U.S. citizens can opt out of the facial recognition process, which CBP intends to expand to all air, sea and land ports. Customs and Border Protection is now authorized to require biometrics from all ...

The Transportation Security Administration has implemented a new Touchless ID verification system for TSA PreCheck that uses facial recognition technology paired with mobile boarding pass QR code ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a Report to Congressional Requesters on the “Use and Federal Oversight of Property Technology,” as pertains to rental housing. Specific focus ...