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US govt targets standards harmonization in digital ID
NIST is looking for input on how best to create a unified standard for strongly verifiable and trustworthy IDs on mobile devices … read this report here

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Biometric Update Daily News
Facial recognition and AI get the evil eye from community groups and governments
In Europe and the U.S., pushback against facial recognition is being organized by groups concerned about police overreach, privacy and...
 
Partnerships for Pangiam, SITA and Embross to ease travel processes
Several technology companies across North America, Europe and Asia have released new biometric software or hardware tools or entered partnerships...
Not all fintechs are looking for a hiding place. Plaid and Stripe see opportunities
Fintechs, the firms that have embedded themselves so deeply in world economies, are consolidating and the result will be fintechs...
 
Hypr turns smartphones into FIDO2 virtual security keys for passwordless authentication
Decentralized authentication firm Hypr has unveiled a new software tool that enables companies to use smartphones as FIDO2 virtual security...
AI tools make layering technologies a requirement for voice authentication
A reporter with the Guardian Australia has replicated an experiment by a Vice reporter who broke into his own bank...
 
EU moves into negotiations on legal framework for digital identity, wallet plan
The political process is moving ahead on the European Digital Identity, reports Euractiv, with the EU Parliament adopting a mandate...
Digital Travel Credential Pilot relaunched with Idemia biometric app
A Dutch consortium has chosen Idemia to provide technology for the world’s first transatlantic Digital Travel Credential (DTC) Pilot, using...
 
Worldcoin says SDK lets you prove you’re a human online. Coins not included
Worldcoin’s dream of providing biometrically unique “proof of personhood” for the entire globe takes a step forward with the release...
SuperCom picks up last phase of suspect-monitoring project in Romania
The second phase of a tracking-and-reporting project in Romania has been approved. SuperCom has agreed to a contract continuation valued...
 
India selects Gnani.ai CEO as representative at global AI partnership
Ganesh Gopalan, chief executive officer of Indian voice biometrics firm Gnani.ai will be the country’s representative at the Global Partnership...
Slow-going for Belarus’ digital ID document campaign
Dictator-run Belarus, in Eastern Europe, says it has issued 165,000 biometric IDs to citizens and 58,000 to foreign residents. Especially...
 
California skeptic of facial recognition use by cops now sees an opportunity
The state of California‘s three-year moratorium on police use of facial biometrics surveillance using body cams (AB1215) quietly ended in...
India’s government says Digi Yatra biometric system not covered under information law
Data collected by the biometric boarding system that uses facial recognition to verify passengers at India’s airports cannot be requested...
 
Mexican lawmakers grant Interior Ministry control over biometric data, spark controversy
The Chamber of Deputies approved the General Law for the Operation of Civil Registries, granting the Ministry of the Interior...
  OpenAI setting the pace for EU regulators, as GPAIs throw a wrench into AI Act
  Digital identity interest group forms with initial meeting at the LSE
  US govt targets standards harmonization in digital ID; New York wants its own
  AI simulation firm debuts synthetic information to improve cars
  MPs bicker over move to make Ghana Card sole ID for biometric voter registration
  Uqoud integrates biometric authentication from Aware for digital security
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,...
 
Biometrics are transforming the retail landscape
The retail experience has undergone profound shifts in the past decade. As consumers grew more comfortable making purchases online, they...
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  March 21, 2023 - March 22, 2023
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