Technology Lying about your age? This AI will see right through it Biometric age verification is seen as the future — but there are risks in handing over detailed data on who we are feature Chris Stokel-Walker
Technology Fingerprinting employees could cost Illinois businesses billions An Illinois court ruling illustrates the risk of creating vague regulations for evolving technology feature Caitlin Thompson
Technology UK supermarket uses facial recognition tech to track shoppers Biometric cameras scan faces and add shoppers to a secret watchlist of suspects, holding their data for years feature Frankie Vetch
Technology Pakistan’s biometric ID scheme is stripping citizenship from thousands of people The National Database and Registration Authority has received global praise for the design and maintenance of a vast system that holds the information of 98% of the country’s population. For some, however, it is making normal life impossible feature Alizeh Kohari
Technology The machine is inside you Implanted body technologies are reaching the point of ‘uberveillance’ where Big Brother is on the inside looking out q&a Caitlin Thompson
Technology Bizarre biometrics for goats, cows, and people too Scientists are inventing butt detection tech for people and facial recognition for goats. Here are some of the strangest biometric identification under development roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Technology ‘These ID cards have so much power.’ Meet the teen gymnasts fighting for an official identity If this gymnastics team wins their citizenship case, they can help millions of stateless Pakistanis get digital identification cards video Katia Patin
Technology Marooned: Karachi’s stateless fishermen Ethnic minority groups in Pakistan have long lived in legal limbo without ID cards dispatch Alizeh Kohari
Technology Life in Pakistan without a digital ID In a nation where biometric identification permeates almost every aspect of life, thousands of people have had their ID cards suddenly blocked, rendering them essentially stateless. Here are some of their stories feature Alizeh Kohari
Technology In Kenya, thousands left in limbo without ID cards A government program for citizens and refugees highlights the pitfalls of humanitarian biometrics dispatch Keren Weitzberg
