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The Metaverse: A missed opportunity for data ownership and privacy?
The metaverse is an opportunity to add an interactive layer to the internet – but will we learn from the past mistakes? Digital identity industry thought leader and futurist Heather Vescent explores .. read the full report here

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Biometrics experts plead for scientific foundation to White House policy
Biometric technologies for establishing or confirming a person’s physical identity are not similar enough to those intended for emotional analysis...
 
Startup integrating real-time facial recognition from Corsight with police body cameras
Real-time facial recognition from Corsight is coming to body cameras that will be offered to law enforcement agencies around the...
Idemia NSS names government biometrics, Army veteran Patrick Clancey CEO
Idemia National Security Solutions has appointed Patrick Clancey, a veteran of U.S. Army and federal government biometrics providers, as its chief...
 
Global state of SSI and how to build on it: EU report
The European Union’s cybersecurity agency has been busy typing up its research. The latest report is an overview of Self-Sovereign...
Wide deployment of Nuctech’s technology in Europe triggers security concerns
The extensive use of security technology from Chinese biometrics and surveillance solutions provider Nuctech across many sectors in Europe is...
 
BioRugged applies biometrics and data to streamline healthcare in rural Mozambique
BioRugged is supporting the transition from paper-based systems to a biometric-based electronic patient registration and verification system for a Portuguese non-profit...
Calls for biometric authentication of rideshare passengers as drivers face increasing assaults
Increasing instances of crime against drivers of two of the world’s biggest ridesharing companies, Uber and Lyft, have triggered a...
 
Digital public goods and infrastructure can’t be stamped out on an assembly line
Ambitious plans for using digital public goods and infrastructure for national economic development are resulting in insights for the next...
Paravision reports 70 percent facial recognition accuracy boost in latest NIST report
Paravision has achieved new biometric accuracy levels for facial recognition applications in NIST’s latest Face Recognition Vendor Test report. Specifically,...
 
Meta patents suggest biometric data capture for personalized advertising
A new series of patents by Facebook’s parent company Meta suggest possible plans from the company to capture users’ behavioral...
Expanded Smart Engines customer base leads to 113M ID document scans in 2021
Smart Engines witnessed significant progress not only in the commercialization and adoption of its products in 2021, but also in...
 
Time to ditch passwords? How alternative employee authentication can provide better protection
By Raz Rafaeli, CEO of Secret Double Octopus   The first recorded use of a password used to access a...
Stage set for next round of secure access control biometrics adoption
Investments, patent activities, pilots and observations on the air travel industry all point to a coming wave of biometrics deployments....
 
Selfie biometrics implemented for tax credits, loans, could protect an endangered species
Selfie biometrics are being used for identity verification by a wide range of applications, from online government services supported by...
  Attacks, countermeasures and pulses of blood in remote identity proofing
  Brivas adds architectural alternatives to biometric liveness patent family
  Malawi: Biometric passport production could halt, staff arrested ‘as human bait’
  The Metaverse: A missed opportunity for data ownership and privacy?
  Extra credit for carmakers that put face biometrics in semi-autonomous vehicles
  Telpo brings computer vision to robot waiters amid labor market turbulence
Events and Webinars
Disease detection and recognition in fingerprint images – EAB virtual lunch talk
  January 25, 2022 - January 25, 2022
Disease detection and recognition in fingerprint images – EAB virtual lunch talk January 25, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European...
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Season 4 Premiere
  January 26, 2022 - January 26, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Season 4 Premiere Online January 26, 2022 at 13:30 GMT  The ID4Africa LiveCasts are back for an exceptional...
LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia
  February 1, 2022 - February 3, 2022
LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia February 1-3, 2022 The largest tech event in history just...
Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast
  February 2, 2022 - February 2, 2022
Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast February 2, 2022 Vienna, Austria IDEMIA Biometric Devices’ next “Biometric breakfast” session will take place in Vienna,...
OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch
  February 3, 2022 - February 3, 2022
OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch February 3, 2022, 10-11am EST OIX is a community for all those involved in the...
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