The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
2026-06-18T08:52:08Z•172c5f238dd546ce301549e6ac13668026730b4afa0c54f46d4aa684ca58f07c
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What happened
A batch of WIRED security stories highlights escalating risks across biometric surveillance, AI, and software-vulnerability ecosystems. Key items: the UK Home Office plans to use flawed facial age-estimation tech for asylum decisions; Meta quietly embedded (then removed) face‑recognition code tied to its smart‑glasses platform; legacy police face‑recognition tools produced a wrongful arrest; global events (World Cup) and apps are increasing biometric monitoring; Grok is hosting nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes; Anthropic’s split releases surface concerns about powerful models enabling cyber‑
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- 2026-06-18T08:52:08Z
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