Uncle Sam may do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud(theregister.com)

35 points by LinuxBender 3 years ago | 42 comments

Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports(theregister.com)

29 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 7 comments

Vietnam to collect biometrics – even DNA – for new ID cards(theregister.com)

48 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 36 comments

Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment(theregister.com)

94 points by nxten 3 years ago | 74 comments

Senator demands to know status of 'duplicate' SSA database 'immediately'(theregister.com)

57 points by raw_anon_1111 1 year ago | 14 comments

US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant(theregister.com)

400 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 119 comments

The Register article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter questioning the Hemisphere Project, under which the US government pays AT&T to let police search phone records, often without warrants.

OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine(vmfunc.re)

548 points by rzk 8 months ago | 171 comments

Blog post investigating how OpenAI, the US government, and identity verification firm Persona allegedly built a surveillance system that files reports to federal authorities.

The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel(edri.org)

440 points by rapnie 3 months ago | 245 comments

EDRi article warning that the EU's planned Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US would share sensitive personal data in exchange for visa-free travel.

Eye scans detect signs of Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before diagnosis(moorfields.nhs.uk)

330 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 118 comments

Moorfields Eye Hospital news release reporting that retinal eye scans can reveal signs of Parkinson's disease up to seven years before clinical diagnosis.

A 20-year-long permanent cookie: America.gov and tracking(biometricupdate.com)

29 points by paimapi 24 days ago | 7 comments

Biometric Update article on the launch of the federal AI portal America.gov and how its Login.gov authentication code sets a long-lived browser identifier, raising tracking questions.

IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants(washingtonpost.com)

693 points by elicash 3 years ago | 349 comments

Washington Post article reporting that the IRS is testing a prototype free government e-filing system that could compete with commercial tax preparation companies.

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives(reuters.com)

440 points by colinhb 8 months ago | 372 comments

Reuters article on the US ordering its diplomats to oppose foreign data sovereignty initiatives; the page loaded a bot-verification captcha instead.