Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: Federal Criminal Police Office

  • Facial recognition: Number of persons identified in Germany doubles annually

    Facial recognition: Number of persons identified in Germany doubles annually

    The German police are increasingly using photographs to name unknown persons. More and more, pictures from social networks are being used. Recognition is also possible if the persons are wearing a protective mouth-nose mask. Some authorities also use so-called super-recognisers. A growing number of people are being identified by German police forces with the help […]

  • Right-wing attacks: German Police and Europol cannot decrypt suspects‘ devices

    Right-wing attacks: German Police and Europol cannot decrypt suspects‘ devices

    The Berlin police fail to crack the mobile phone and laptop of a neo-Nazi. This is stated in the final report of the investigation team on arson and spraying in the Neukölln district. Federal authorities and companies have also chipped their teeth at the devices. The investigation of a right-wing series of attacks in Berlin […]

  • Significantly more facial recognition at German police

    Significantly more facial recognition at German police

    Queries of biometric photographs in the INPOL file are increasing drastically; at the Federal Police they have more than tripled in comparison with the previous year. Face recognition is also becoming increasingly successful, with twice as many people being identified as in 2018. In public spaces, police authorities in Germany do not use facial recognition […]

  • German authorities improve face recognition

    German authorities improve face recognition

    The Federal Criminal Police Office can search a database with almost 6 million facial images, the system is now being equipped with artificial intelligence Last week, the German Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer surprisingly moved away from plans to expand facial recognition in public spaces. He had demanded that the use of so-called […]