biometrics

  • Your iPhone Is About to Get a Lot Safer Against Theft

    Your iPhone Is About to Get a Lot Safer Against Theft

    Apple’s strategy, if there was one at all, for protecting your phone’s data from theft has been pretty bad all along. If the thief can take a glance at your password before stealing your iPhone, you have handed him your entire digital life. With the iOS 17.3 beta that rolled out yesterday, the company finally…


  • Just a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already Dying

    Just a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already Dying

    If you’ve already had your iris scanned for Worldcoin’s crypto-based “free money” promise, your biometric investment has been cut in half since launch. Current prices for the WLD Worldcoin have dropped precipitously day after day since the coin first dropped on July 24th. As first reported by The Block, WLD’s price has dropped from just…


  • Democrats Band Together to Try Yet Another U.S. Federal Facial Recognition Ban

    Democrats Band Together to Try Yet Another U.S. Federal Facial Recognition Ban

    Senate Democrats introduced new legislation Tuesday attempting to, once again, outright ban facial recognition use by federal agencies and officials, particularly law enforcement. If passed, the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act would cut the feds off from a variety of other sensitive biometrics identifiers, like voice and gait recognition, and limit federal grant…