| Weekend Reading : Mar 30, 2024 |
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| Biometrics projects scaling up through open-source releases, big money deals |
| Scaling biometrics projects is the theme of the most-read articles of the past week on Biometric Update, with lofty ambitions…Read More |
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| Idemia digital ID unit could be sold off first for €1.1B: report |
| The Smart Identity wing of Idemia could be the first domino to fall in a… |
| Synthetic data model shows promise for biometric bias mitigation |
| The limitations of real-world biometric training datasets, including the introduction of bias through unbalanced demographic… |
| Westminster Forum talks digital ID regulation, rollout and security |
| Digital Identity is the focal point of the latest Westminster Forum policy conference, for which… |
| Alleged massive NADRA breach does not include biometrics; evidence pending |
| A joint investigation team told Pakistan’s Interior Ministry this week that a breach from NADRA’s… |
| Worldcoin makes core components of iris biometric imaging software open source |
| Worldcoin has taken a step towards transparency by open-sourcing the software component of its Orb… |
| Simprints plans to make its biometric ID open source for greater social impact |
| The CEO of Simprints Toby Norman says the company plans to release a full open… |
| Wave of age verification laws sweeps the US, bringing opportunity for biometrics |
| The United States continues to see a legislative push to make XXX adult content sites… |
| Major League Baseball’s biometric ticketing collects 6K opening day hits |
| Fans entered several stadiums with biometrics during the opening day of the 2024 Major League… |
| US airlines face review of personal information and data collection practices |
| The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) is undertaking a privacy review of the country’s ten… |
| Florida town installs live facial recognition to protect against 3 trespassers |
| Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on… |
| Cameroon wants €50M to expand facial recognition surveillance project |
| Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has asked his Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, to source… |
| DOJ says interim facial recognition policy prioritizes First Amendment rights |
| The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has not yet gone public with its full interim… |
| Australia amending Digital ID Bill to ensure Senate passage |
| Australia’s Digital ID Bill is being amended to bring private sector identity service providers into… |
| EU digital wallet framework finally adopted for digital ID ‘paradigm shift’ |
| The European Council has formally adopted a new framework for a European Digital Identity Wallets… |
| Public sector digital ID contracts for Net Group, KOMSCO, Fujitsu |
| Contracts have been awarded to Net Group in Estonia, and Korea’s state printer in Costa… |
| MOSIP signs Peru agreement, commits to inclusive digital ID pursuits in LATAM |
| The Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) hopes to make stronger headway into Latin America… |
| UK outlines digital development strategy for developing nations |
| Digital public infrastructure (DPI), including the international digital identity for development project, will be one… |
| Japan unveils new digital ID card design with no gender |
| Japan has joined the ranks of countries eliminating gender markers from its national identification card.… |
| Kuwait to share biometrics with Interpol, Gulf countries for regional security network |
| The Kuwait Interior Ministry says that all citizens and expatriates must register their biometric fingerprints… |
| Philippines govt pushes adoption of digital national ID as enrollments pass 85M |
| The digital version of the Philippines national ID card (PhilID), known as ePhilID, makes it… |
| Pakistan introduces chip-based biometric passport and updated fee structure |
| E-passports, a travel document providing security enhancements over legacy machine-readable documents, are being issued to… |
| US’ first biometric gun to reach buyers this month |
| Colorado-based startup Biofire says that it will begin shipping its fingerprint and facial recognition-equipped handguns… |
| Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days |
| Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day… |
| AI fraud may be too much for some financial companies, warns Treasury Dept |
| The risks of generative artificial intelligence are looming over the financial services industry. As access… |
| World Bank evaluates Pakistan’s digital income support program |
| In Pakistan’s continuous battle against socio-economic problems, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has become… |
| Preventing AI-assisted deepfake fraud is becoming a major commercial industry |
| Deepfakes have become the latest technically challenging threat for the biometric security sector, as researchers… |
| Better fraud detection fights complex ID document fraud, says Yoti report |
| It’s been widely noted in the biometrics space that fraud has evolved with the rise… |
| Vietnam’s biometric authentication for financial transactions reach 600K a day |
| Vietnam’s government-owned biometric authentication platform VNPT now processes an average of 600,000 KYC check requests… |
| Worldcoin developer argues against selfie biometrics as effective proof of humanity |
| Selfie biometrics cannot be relied on to show you are a real person, and government… |
| Signicat adds digital signature expertise with SmartWorks acquisition |
| In a strategic move to strengthen its digital identity solutions, Signicat has acquired Iceland-based digital… |
| Corsound introduces voice biometrics for face matching and generation |
| Corsound AI writes software capable of generating what the executives say is an accurate rendering… |
| New tool from Attain Insight strips PII from biometrics to enable compliant sharing |
| Attain Insight, an Ottawa, Canada-based data security and analytics firm that provides services for identity… |
| South Korea’s Hancom invests, gets Facephi biometrics APAC distribution deal |
| An investment agreement between Facephi and South Korea-based software company Hancom gives the latter exclusive… |
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