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Biometric Update Daily News
Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test
Idemia correctly matched 99.88 percent of 12 million faces in the mugshot category of the latest 1:N test by the...
 
Australia and state govts agree on digital ID, credential sharing deal
Ministers from Australia’s federal government have agreed to a deal with their state and territory counterparts to include digital credentials...
Pay attention to biometric surveillance, digital ID says Sweden’s EU presidency
The Swedish Presidency of the European Council wants the EU’s digital policies to do more for the bloc’s security and...
 
Social protection lessons: Indian interoperability, opportunities for private sector
India sees an interoperable future for its economy and African countries could benefit from separating population registers and social protection...
Digital platform launched to fight exploitation and fraud in construction industry
A new platform designed to combat modern slavery and fake credentials by verifying UK construction worker digital identity and qualifications...
 
UK businessowners see qualified certificates as expensive, not worth the effort
Cost is the most meaningful hurdle to be surmounted in efforts to make qualified digital signatures commercially viable in the...
Exploring biometrics within payments
By Monica Eaton, founder of Chargebacks911 Biometric payment systems have some of the most advanced security features on the market...
 
Proposed age verification bills across US online privacy, anonymity debate
Moves by some state houses of representatives in the United States to put in place laws that restrict access to...
Fingerprint Cards partners on biometric wearables in Europe, residential doors
Biometric wearables startup Flywallet and Fingerprint Cards have formed a collaborative partnership to develop and launch biometric wearables in Europe....
 
Biometrics used at 98% of Nigerian polls; advocates concerned for safety of voters’ data
Digital rights activists have raised concerns over the safety and security of biometric data collected from millions of Nigerians who...
Thieves bypass Apple security measures to steal from iPhone users in minutes
Criminals have found ways to defeat the security measures of Apple’s iPhones, allowing them access to apps, banking information, private...
 
Face biometrics getting deeper into policing, sparking concerns
Those worried about the use of facial recognition by law enforcement have warned about how the technology could become entrenched...
Biometrics deployments and legal action set up more of each
Biometrics for airport use now and in the future made up two of the top stories on Biometric Update this...
 
‘Digital wallets to be as essential as browsers’: OpenWallet Foundation calls for builders
“What we’re trying to accomplish is not standards, trust frameworks and governance, but we are going to build code –...
  Breaking biometric siloes via dialogue: the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop
  Kenyan government seeks to differentiate new national digital ID from Huduma Namba
  iProov and OIX leaders respond to Blair Institute report
  Biometric recognition tests can’t be used for all use cases
  Journalist uses AI voice to break into own bank account
  France explores age verification to access adult content
Biometrics White Papers
Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans
How biometrics and liveness detection have evolved to protect us from deepfake- and chat-powered fraud Deepfakes have been identified as...
 
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
 
Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Workshop on protection of biometric data under GDPR
  March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
7th Edition Connected Banking Summit East Africa
  March 7, 2023
GISEC 2023
  March 14, 2023 - March 16, 2023
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