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UK will use GPS fingerprint scanner to track people facing deportation

The UK's Home Office will use a key fob-like device to track people who are subject to deportation orders 24 hours a day, meaning at any point they could be required to scan their fingerprints and confirm their location

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An Independent Election Commission (IEC) official (L) scans a finger of a voter with a biometric device at a polling station in Herat on September 28, 2019. - Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security on September 28, even as insurgents attacked polling centres in a series of blasts and clashes across the country that left at least two people dead. (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP) (Photo credit should read HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

US-built biometrics equipment is falling into the hands of the Taliban

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The way you walk may soon be used by authorities to identify you

Humans

The way you walk may soon be used by authorities to identify you

Features

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Secure phone uses sonar to watch your mouth saying a passphrase

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Twitch gamers live-stream their vital signs to keep fans hooked

Life

Twitch gamers live-stream their vital signs to keep fans hooked

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Live performance of Sleep album

Technology

Start-up uses biometrics to tailor music for good night’s sleep

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Hand guides another hand so that inky fingerprints can be captured

Technology

Fingerprint challenge aims to automate how best prints get taken

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An NYPD officer sits in front of a vast array of CCTV screens

Technology

Police mass face recognition in the US will net innocent people

Analysis

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Technology

We now have the tech to fingerprint babies – but should we?

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One Per Cent

Login to VR headsets via your noggin, did a drone hit a plane?, and hands-off in virtual reality

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Technology

The buzz of your skull can be used to tell exactly who you are

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Life

Speech recognition AI identifies you by voice wherever you are

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Guns locked to owners' identities could stop needless deaths

Opinion

Technology

Face recognition row over right to identify you in the street

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