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Biometrics for online security, access control, pandemic impact top digital identity news of the week
Demand for biometric technology seems to be receiving a boost from the sudden need to conduct as much business as possible remotely, or at least at some physical distance. The industry is responding by adapting its technologies and extending free services to support outbreak mitigation measures .. Read the full story here.

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Biometrics for online security, access control, pandemic impact top digital identity news of the week
Demand for biometric technology seems to be receiving a boost from the sudden need to conduct as much business as...
 
Guinea updates voter roll with Innovatrics biometrics in just six months
A biometric electoral register has been deployed for upcoming Guinea parliamentary elections with Innovatrics technology and support applied to meet...
Biometrics research briefs: touchless sensing and gesture, security screening and image recognition
Touchless biometrics will be among major drivers pushing the touchless sensing market to grow from $6.8 billion this year to...
 
Apple patents biometric monitoring and signature technology, proposes Face ID device orientation
The technology powering biometric facial recognition in Apple devices could also help iPhone and iPads orient the display to the...
Rights advocates say time limits necessary for outbreak surveillance measures, facial biometrics less so
Governments are increasingly turning to facial biometrics and other advanced technologies to slow the spread of coronavirus, but United Nations...
 
Algorithmic Justice League highlights automatic speech recognition bias report
The Algorithmic Justice League has released a spoken word and visual project called “Voicing Erasure” to protest the demographic discrepancies...
How Covid-19 is affecting the digital signature industry
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the globe, forcing governments to implement strict quarantining and shelter-in-place requirements, these same...
 
3D face reconstructions made with sub-millimeter accuracy using an iPhone
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have used a single iPhone X shooting 20 seconds of two-dimensional video followed by 40 minutes...
Online payment fraud loss to grow 50 percent in Europe by 2024
By 2024, financial loss caused by online payment fraud will cost eCommerce merchants more than $25 billion annually, compared to...
 
AU10TIX joins FIDO Alliance to grow strong authentication standards
AU10TIX has joined the FIDO Alliance to improve authentication standards with biometrics and other technologies, providing safer services and reduced...
Okta commits $10M funding to nonprofits, launches Nonprofit Technology Initiative
Okta will be giving $10 million in philanthropic funding for the upcoming three years to help nonprofit organizations introduce and...
 
UK health service to launch digital “passport” to aid worker flexibility during pandemic response
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is about to roll out new digital “passports” to act as a digital ID...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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