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Tech Life: 'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech

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"This is junk science": the UK takes aim at biometric tech

28/10/2022 GMT

'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech

BBC World Service - Tech Life, 'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech

UK regulators warn against some emerging biometric products saying they will never work

UK regulators say some biometric products are based on pseudo-science and warns against adopting them. Plus, why crash test dummies are sexist, and what next for Elon Musk?

The UK's deputy information commissioner tells Tech Tent why some new biometric technologies are "the modern phrenology", and based on "magical" thinking. We discuss whether the world is too dependent on WhatsApp - and why Big Tech financial results are going down the drain. Our reporter visits a factory making a female crash test dummy, and we ask what next for the self-styled "Chief Twit" Elon Musk as he completes his purchase of Twitter.

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