Weekend Reading : Nov 25, 2023 |
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1:N biometric searches on a phone and ZKP vie for places in next wave |
New approaches to established uses of biometrics are a theme seen in many of the top stories of the week…Read More |
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Why Black Friday is good for fraudsters and how to stop them |
By Shawn Hall, VP of Global Business Intelligence at Pindrop The period between Black Friday… |
Liveness detection challenge to prevent AI voice fraud launched by US regulator |
The Federal Trade Commission has opened a $25,000 challenge looking for the best and broadest… |
AI speeds synthetic identity fraud, enabling human-like interactions |
Fake identities are driving a boom in financial fraud. A new study has shown that… |
Can criminal investigations rely on AI? |
By Ján Lunter, CEO of Innovatrics Incorporating AI technologies in criminal investigation can expedite the process,… |
UK police plan nationwide rollout of NEC facial recognition on mobile phones |
Police in the United Kingdom are planning to identify criminals by taking their photos with… |
Contactless fingerprint biometrics move towards police deployment with UK trials |
The performance of software and smartphone cameras for contactless fingerprint capture is promising enough to… |
Amendments to UK data protection bill could give more power over biometrics to police |
The UK government is planning to introduce changes to its data protection laws giving counter-terrorism… |
French politicians vow legal action on alleged illegal facial recognition use by police |
A recent report that the French national police has been using a facial recognition system… |
Clearview AI tops 40 billion reference images in facial recognition database |
Clearview AI’s reference database for facial recognition searches has surpassed 40 billion images, double its… |
Biometrics match the innocent, US Congress asks questions |
A U.S. senator is asking questions about how Clearview AI operates its facial recognition subscription… |
Microsoft misses own protocol, laptop fingerprint biometrics defeated in test |
Microsoft’s Hello biometric authentication software has proven surprisingly fallible in a security test, requested by… |
Apple rumored to be retiring fingerprint biometrics on iPhones |
The next generation of iPhones may not come with Apple’s biometric fingerprint sensor TouchID, according… |
MOSIP in final stages of biometric device certification framework development |
Sanjith Sundaram, ecosystem head at the Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) says a lot of… |
Hungary plans biometric digital identity launch for late 2024 |
Hungary has taken a step towards a face biometrics-based national digital identity. The government closed… |
World Bank document reveals $350M in donor funding for Ethiopia’s national digital ID |
A planning document for Ethiopia’s Fayda ID digital identity supplied to the World Bank reveals… |
Malaysia’s national R&D center will implement digital ID; registrations start next week |
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is about to make good on his promise… |
India launches $25M fund and global repository to spur DPI implementation |
India has launched a social impact fund with a $25 million commitment to support the… |
Gates Foundation exec says DPI will expand Nigeria’s economic growth opportunities |
Rodger Voorhies, President for Global Growth and Opportunities at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,… |
Simprints biometrics driving inclusive healthcare delivery in Ethiopia |
Panelists in a recent webinar organized by Simprints were unanimous that technology deployed by the… |
ZeroBiometrics wins patent for biometric cryptography method |
ZeroBiometrics has patented a method of generating reproducible cryptographic keys from biometric entropy and performing… |
Paravision and Persona launch facial age estimation tech with a focus on ethics |
A new age estimation and verification tool is on the market, care of Persona and… |
ROC.ai upgrades PAD capabilities of face biometrics SDK |
Rank One Computing has updated its software development kit with what the company says are… |
FaceTec brings on standards executive from the Kantara Initiative |
FaceTec is bringing a new executive to its team. Andrew Hughes has been named vice… |
Fingerprint Cards adopts biometric platform strategy, overhauls corporate structure |
Fingerprint Cards has revamped its organizational structure to align its governance model with a new… |
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