News Pension department Embraces Facial Recognition for Pensioner Verification: A Step Forward? From airports to pensions: Facial Recognition Tech expands in India, but at what cost? Vallari SanzgiriDecember 12, 2023
News DoT detects 67 lakh suspected connections, disconnects around 55 lakh: All you need to know Over 67 lakh suspected mobile connections identified by ASTR. How does this affect telecom fraud and citizen privacy? Vallari SanzgiriDecember 7, 2023
News Now facial-based biometric authentication also permitted under e-KYC: Communications Ministry As per a press release, SIM subscribers will have to do fresh KYC for SIM replacement wherein facial data may also be used in... Vallari SanzgiriAugust 18, 2023
News Why is the contract for telecom department’s facial recognition service ASTR confidential? Responding to an RTI request filed by MediaNama asking for a copy of the contract for ASTR, the dept said any ASTR-related work contains... Vallari SanzgiriMay 9, 2023
News After Haryana police, Gujarat officials use ASTR to catch fake SIM-card holders Gujarat police are using facial recognition to identify fake sim-card holders but is all this consensual? Vallari SanzgiriApril 21, 2023
News Want a replacement for your lost SIM card? Biometrics might get in your way The use of facial data to verify telecom subscribers may not always work since facial recognition technology is not foolproof Vallari SanzgiriMarch 9, 2023
News How India’s telecom department is using facial recognition on SIM card data It's a violation of privacy if your facial recognition is being done when you buy a new SIM card without your knowledge Nikhil PahwaMarch 1, 2023
News MediaNama Impact: Govt confirms using facial recognition on SIM card subscribers ASTR is a system that uses subscriber images and compares them to groups of similar images using facial recognition. Vallari SanzgiriFebruary 7, 2023
News Explained: Why in the world is India’s Telecom department using facial recognition on SIM users? The technology used by it is called ‘Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition Powered Solution for Telecom Sim Subscriber Verification—ASTR’ Vallari SanzgiriJanuary 5, 2023