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How biometric transparency and regulation could secure privacy, prevent exclusion in digital identity
Details in how biometrics terminology is used, the need for ethical standards to catch up to technical ones, and whether reducing or improving facial recognition will better fight exclusion were discussed in a recent Women in Identity webinar. The fascinating exchange between experts with industry, consulting and academic backgrounds was notable for its candor and the skeptical perspectives shared .... Read the whole story here.

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How biometric transparency and regulation could secure privacy, prevent exclusion in digital identity
Do we need more standards in biometrics? Is IBM making the right move by withdrawing its facial recognition technology from...
 
Automotive biometrics market set for growth as GM and Osram announce new technologies
Biometric applications from physical access control for vehicle entry, through authentication to services, driver monitoring for autonomous driving systems and...
NTechLab to supply biometric facial recognition to over 43,000 Russian schools
Biometric facial recognition-equipped cameras will be installed in over 43,000 Russian schools, writes The Moscow Times based on reports by...
 
Google argues for biometric privacy suit dismissal based on photo and interstate commerce exemptions
Google is planning to show that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) does not apply to data taken from photographs,...
iProov brings biometric selfie and ID document checks to high-speed rail for contactless processing
A facial biometric corridor is being implemented by iProov to enable Eurostar rail passengers to complete ticket checks and other border...
 
Clear CEO makes case for share of potentially lucrative biometric digital health credential market
People will get used to widespread health screening. That point was emphasized in an interview of Clear Chairman and CEO...
BioID liveness detection added to Digidentity biometrics, identity proofing for Gov.uk Verify
BioID has partnered with Solera Holdings’ subsidiary Digidentity to provide biometric anti-spoofing liveness detection and automated identity proofing for the...
 
SOFTwarfare launches biometric MFA for passwordless for mobile, enterprise security
Cloud service integration business SOFTwarfare has released biometric multi-factor authentication technology dubbed BioThenticate, which adds an extra security layer for...
An old carny trick goes high tech — AI guesses ages better than we can
A facial recognition algorithm written by German researchers is pretty good at guessing both the age and ethnicity of faces...
 
Digital ID talk in Europe can’t get past centralization question
A roundtable discussion this week sponsored by the European Parliament about digital identities only deviated from boilerplate sentiment about the...
Apple patents potential new Face ID biometrics system, to launch face recognition to iMac
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple 43 new patents, one describing an advanced TrueDepth camera for 3D...
 
Germany bans passport photo morphing to prevent biometric spoofs at border checks
The German government is banning passport photo morphing, which can be used to assign multiple identities to a single passport...
Vuzix raises over $11M and Datasonic secures $1.7M contract as biometrics market sees growth ahead
Publicly traded biometrics companies and their partners have been updating investors and the media about their sales and prospects as...
 
UCCS facial recognition dataset creator says research succeeded and privacy concerns misplaced
A biometrics researcher at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is setting the record straight about a facial recognition...
  Pangea and IDnow pitch biometric immunity credentials, Nomidio CEO calls for trusted identity guardian
  Green Packet to pay $10M for biometrics provider Xendity as firms partner up for remote ID checks
  TypingDNA’s behavioral biometrics now available for Azure AD clients to leverage 2FA
  New tech leverages edge computing, biometrics and temperature screening to reduce COVID-19 exposure
  USC experimental biometric suites go deep and broad to thwart fraudsters
  Biometric privacy suit alleges Onfido violated Illinois’ informed consent rules
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