The New York City Wegman’s is collecting biometric information about customers.

Interesting article on people with nonstandard faces and how facial recognition systems fail for them. > Some of those living with facial differences tell WIRED they have undergone > multiple surgeries and experienced stigma for their entire lives, which is now > being echoed by the technology they are forced to interact with. They say they > haven’t been able to access public services due to facial verification > services failing, while others have struggled to access financial services. > Social media filters and face-unlocking systems on phones often won’t work, > they say...

Deepfakes are now mimicking heartbeats > In a nutshell > > * Recent research reveals that high-quality deepfakes unintentionally retain > the heartbeat patterns from their source videos, undermining traditional > detection methods that relied on detecting subtle skin color changes linked > to heartbeats. > * The assumption that deepfakes lack physiological signals, such as heart > rate, is no longer valid. This challenges many existing detection tools, > which may need significant redesigns to keep up with the evolving > technology. > * To effectively identify high-quality deepfakes, researchers suggest > shifting focus from just detecting heart rate signals to analyzing how > blood flow is distributed across different facial regions, providing a more > accurate detection strategy...

Discord is testing the feature: > “We’re currently running tests in select regions to age-gate access to certain > spaces or user settings,” a spokesperson for Discord said in a statement. “The > information shared to power the age verification method is only used for the > one-time age verification process and is not stored by Discord or our vendor. > For Face Scan, the solution our vendor uses operates on-device, which means > there is no collection of any biometric information when you scan your face. > For ID verification, the scan of your ID is deleted upon verification.”...