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Apple has brought the first developer beta releases of iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, and macOS Monterey 12.3. One of the biggest changes that the latest beta release of iOS 15.4 brings is the ability to unlock your iPhone using Face ID while wearing a mask. The beta releases of iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3, on the other hand, include the delayed Universal Control to enhance the experience for users who own both iPad and Mac devices.With the ability to unlock an iPhone using Face ID with a mask, Apple has upgraded its proprietary…

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)A patchwork of individual state privacy laws isn’t filling the hole left by absent federal government regulation on facial recognition. Virginia, which approved a ban on local police use of biometric identification tools around a year ago, formally bailed on the law’s most substantive measures on Friday. Now, under an amended bill, law enforcement can implement the technology in a number of scenarios, including when an officer loosely harbors a “reasonable suspicion” an individual has…

View of the biometric facial recognition system in front of a security checkpoint in the departure area of Hamburg Airport. Photo: Marcus Brandt (AP)A group of House lawmakers charged with investigating the implications of biometric surveillance empaneled three experts Wednesday to testify about the future of facial recognition and other tools widely employed by the U.S. government with little regard for citizens’ privacy.The experts described a country—and a world—that is being saturated with biometric sensors. Hampered…

Apple revealed its next-generation operating system, iOS 16, during the first day of the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022 keynote event on Monday, June 6. The Cupertino company revealed several features about the new operating system. However, it did not mention if Face ID will work in landscape mode on supported iPhone models with iOS 16. This feature is already available on iPads. In related news, a recent report mentions that iOS 16 will also allow users to use third-party apps for two-factor…