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"This is bleeding edge," said Arun Vemury, director of the groups Biometric and Identity Technology Center. At best, the technology identified 96% of masked passengers, compared to almost 100% of unmasked passengers, according to results from the 2020 Biometric Rally, hosted at a DHS-affiliated testing laboratory. The tests evaluated 60 combinations of various cameras and algorithms used to identify a person.  For people wearing face masks, the median accuracy was 77%, compared to a median 93%...

DHS Works to Improve Biometric Scanning of Masked Faces TZIDO SUN/Shutterstock.com email Perhaps the most-worn accessories of 2020, face masks mark an unexpected new constant in people’s lives providing necessary protection against COVID-19—but they’re also known to pose some trouble for contemporary facial recognition systems.  The Homeland Security Department, one of the government’s biggest biometrics systems users, is now steering research to confront the comple...

Published 16 December 2020 Face masks have become a way of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We now wear them nearly everywhere we go—at grocery stores, on public transportation, in schools, at work—any situation that requires us to be around others. But what about at places that require a higher level of security, like airports? Face masks have become a way of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We now wear them nearly everywhere we go—at grocery stores, on public transportation, in sch...