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Keyless opens doors for software biometrics with FIDO2 certification
“With Keyless, we are the only ones with this kind of technology that merges the privacy properties of a fully local biometric system with the features you would have on a system that stores the biometric outside of the device” ... Read the full interview here

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Biometric Update Daily News
Government-convened panel pitches strong collaboration to protect Canadian’s digital IDs
Canada is making fairly tentative advances in digital identity applications, according to a panel of experts, but it is well-positioned...
 
Former SIA board member Bob McKee named president of Suprema America
Suprema has appointed access control industry veteran Bob McKee as president of Suprema America to help position the company’s biometrics and...
Biometix joins with UNSW Canberra on synthetic biometric testing data
Canberra, Australia-based biometric and data analysis consultant Biometix, which was spun off from BixeLab in 2020, and UNSW Canberra will collaborate...
 
Microsoft finishes $19.7B acquisition of Nuance
After an almost year-long buyout process, Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Nuance, folding the latter’s voice biometrics and conversational...
Indian state court to consider unblocking biometrics to allow Aadhaar registration
The High Court of Assam, India in Gauhati will consider whether the biometrics of a father-son pair who petitioned the...
 
Mobile driver’s license among digital IDs Singapore government adding to platform
As part of plans to introduce more digital services and enhance user convenience, the government of Singapore has announced that...
Costa Rica switches to biometric passports, Nigeria opens new production center
The list of countries issuing biometric passports to their citizens continues to get longer, as Costa Rica has joined in...
 
Active Witness, G+D, Precise Biometrics unveil access control deployments, partnerships
A trio of biometric technology providers have deployed products for physical access control applications or partnered to do so. A...
NIPOST plans biometrics, agency banking system to push Nigeria financial inclusion
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is making contributions to the country’s financial inclusion efforts in the form a biometric registration...
 
Biometric Signature ID wins US government market access with GSA contract
Biometric Signature ID (BSI) has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. The move...
Samsung Galaxy biometric software hacked, overshadowing strong ultrasonic sensor performance
A hacker group has stolen biometric authentication algorithms from Samsung and leaked them, among roughly 200GB of compressed source code...
 
Brazilian subway operator pushing facial recognition despite sustained protests
Use of facial recognition systems in the subways of São Paulo, Brazil, are being challenged by civil rights organizations and...
Keyless opens doors for software biometrics with FIDO2 certification, says co-founder
Months after Keyless became the first company to earn certificates for compliance with FIDO2 and FIDO Biometric Component standards for...
 
High volumes emerging from long-tail fingerprint biometrics projects
Fingerprint biometrics are prominent among the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, between an interview with Idex Biometrics,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D
  March 9, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D March 9 & 23, April 13 & 27: 13:30 GMT From...
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  March 14, 2022 - March 16, 2022
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  March 21, 2022 - March 23, 2022
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  April 6, 2022 - April 7, 2022
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  April 6, 2022 - April 8, 2022
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