A Russian firm with close ties to the Kremlin created the code used by the FBI’s fingerprint-analysis software, raising concerns that foreign hackers may be able to obtain sensitive biometric information on millions of Americans, according to documents and two whistleblowers.
When the FBI couldn’t open an iPhone in Los Angeles, a judge made the controversial decision to let the bureau force a woman to unlock the phone with her fingerprints.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Awaiting DNA results can be frustrating for law enforcement. But the FBI hopes to change that by expediting the process using the government’s new biometric identification database, Biometric Update reports. The FBI is accelerating the collection of DNA profiles for the Next Generation Identification System. Law enforcement officers will be able…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s new facial recognition system is now fully operational, the bureau announced Monday. The Next Generation Identification System also will replace the FBI’s fingerprint identification system. “The IPS facial recognition service will provide the nation’s law enforcement community with an investigative tool that provides an image-searching capability of photographs associated…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com There’s good news for travelers: They can expedite the slow screening process at airports. The bad news: They’ll have to give up a set of their fingerprints to ensure they are the person they say they are, the Chicago Tribune reports. But the FBI said there are no privacy concerns because law…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Eaton, a 30-year veteran of the FBI, who retired in 1972 as the unit supervisor in the fingerprinting division, died last month in Washington at age 103 from atherosclerosis, the Washington Post reported. The long time Washington resident was born in Cortland, N.Y. and moved to the Washington…
The ruling by the county judge was controversial to say the least. Was it based on sound reason? A federal judge apparently didn’t think so. By Tricia Bishop Baltimore Sun reporter BALTIMORE — Fingerprint evidence from a 2006 murder case will be admissible in federal court, a U.S. district judge in Baltimore ruled Tuesday, rejecting…
The good news is that Homeland Security is continuing to work on airport security. The question is how effective this will be and how long will it take to carry this effort out nationwide? And so far the airlines have refused to participate in this. By Chris Strohm CongressDaily WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department…
