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Times are getting tight for Amazon’s Alexa and Echo voice biometrics lines
Will voice recognition become an afterthought at Amazon? Business Insider has published a lengthy piece outlining how Amazon is cutting...
 
Suprema showcases BioStation 3 contactless terminal as part of ‘aggressive expansion’
Suprema announced a major upgrade to its BioStar 2 biometric access control system, and showcased a new contactless terminal system,...
India unveils reworked data protection bill draft after ‘extensive consultations’
India’s federal government has released a new draft bill for public comment on personal data protection after months of extensive...
 
Swiss bank deploys secure ID verification system for customer onboarding from iProov
Private Swiss bank UBS is using iProov’s automated face biometrics ID verification system to allow its customers open bank accounts...
AI might help you give face scrapers the deformed finger
Born as weird abstraction, AI imagery is finding its way to consumer usefulness. Two algorithms demonstrate that while AI is...
 
Combining biometrics with NFC for maximal trust
A better way to carry out identity verification is becoming available for a growing number of people as passports embedded...
Online proctoring biometrics use fails to meet Canadian legal threshold, report says
Online proctoring tools for conducting remote exams do not go far enough to ensure free, clear and individual consent from...
 
US State officials call for stronger biometric data security from federal regulator
A new bipartisan coalition of US officials is calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt stronger surveillance and...
Ping boasts biometric integration with AuthenticID, SentinelOne
Ping Identity has announced two integrations, one with AuthenticID and another with SentinelOne. The first collaboration will enable users of...
 
Visa, FIFA, PopID bring face biometrics payment to the World Cup
Visa has partnered with FIFA and PopID to deliver contactless biometric payments at official World Cup venues including eight stadiums...
Veritone buys Vision Semantics, gets Deloitte nod for growth
Veritone says it has bought video recognition company Vision Semantics and is releasing Tracker, an object video recognition tool based...
 
Apple patent hints at identifying people like puzzle pieces
Apple has applied for an international patent describing home surveillance software that would try to recognize a person by portions...
US biometric surveillance database reaches 10,000 data points
A privacy advocate’s database counting the United States government bodies that surveil citizens’ biometric identifiers reportedly now has 9,850 data...
 
Outsources may take more of biometric security costs and complexity
A large majority of U.S.-based IT executives at smaller firms are increasingly working with biometrics, according to a vendor-funded survey,...
  Scotland plans digital ID pilot for 2023 as One Login is scrutinized
  Idemia rolls out new demo passport ‘Abroadia’ with innovative security features
  Contextual analytics helps achieve holistic understanding of video in real time — Oosto
  Liberia ID card issuance bedeviled by challenges, still no headway for biometric voter ID contract
  Neurotechnology unveils SentiVeillance software
  Yoti to provide age verification for THG Ingenuity customers
Biometrics White Papers
On-demand webinar – Biometrics at the Edge
Edge computing is one of the major trends in infrastructure for IT systems, including those that use artificial intelligence. But...
 
Single-frame facial liveness detection: How it works to reduce user friction and abandonment
The ability to ascertain facial liveness from a single-image frame enables high-performance presentation attack detection without adding friction to the...
On-demand webinar – Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
AI-powered facial liveness detection algorithms can introduce bias the same way matching algorithms can, causing mobile banking services to be...
 
On-demand webinar – 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
6th Border Management and Identity Conference (6th BMIC)
  December 7, 2022 - December 9, 2022
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Digital Onboarding Forum
  April 12, 2023 - April 13, 2023
Cyber DSA 2023
  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
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