Digi Yatra sidelines legacy facial recognition app maker amid data breach rumors

India’s airport facial recognition program Digi Yatra is courting controversy again after an app update and accusations that passengers’ personal data has been breached, The Hindu reports. The allegations implicate DataEvolve, which made a previous version of the app.

An app made by the same company was used by Andhra Pradesh police from 2019 until 2023, when it was abandoned due to allegations of fraud.

The Digi Yatra Foundation released a public statement on March 27 telling users to uninstall …

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