| Weekend Reading : Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Challenges in face biometrics addressed with new tech and research amid high stakes |
| Big biometrics contracts and deals were the theme of several of the stories on that drew the most interest from…Read More |
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| Entrust completes Onfido acquisition, Vision-Box and Amadeus close deal |
| Months after an initial agreement, it’s finally confirmed that the authentication company Entrust has acquired… |
| Does facial recognition work if surgery alters a person’s face? |
| In the wealthy district of Gangnam in Seoul, immortalized in the viral pop hit “Gangnam… |
| iMARS workshop reveals progress and incident growth in face image morphing |
| Face image morphing is a significant threat to face biometrics applications such as border crossings… |
| Sierra Leone putting digital ID at the center of its digital transformation agenda |
| The West African nation of Sierra Leone is at full throttle with its digital transformation… |
| The rise of digital public infrastructure boosts India towards an $8T GDP by 2030 |
| India’s advances in digital modernization have taken an enormous rise with the advent of digital… |
| Biometric face image quality standard draft released along with assessment tool |
| The Open Source Face Image Quality (OFIQ) assessment software library and the Draft International Standard… |
| Idemia upgrading Nigeria’s national biometric system to handle 250M IDs |
| Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is upgrading the country’s biometric identification system to handle… |
| Ethiopia announces procurement process for digital ID support hardware |
| Ethiopia’s Ministry of Innovation and Technology has issued a procurement notice for the supply, installation… |
| IN Groupe races to rescue of Eurotunnel with 224 biometric kiosks ahead of EES launch |
| Eurotunnel is installing biometric kiosks specially designed for Eurotunnel deployment by IN Groupe at access… |
| UK police fully embrace the potential of facial recognition with £55.5M to spend |
| UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today announced a major new investment in facial recognition technology… |
| Identity verification industry mulls solutions to flood of synthetic IDs |
| The advent of AI-powered generators such as OnlyFake, which creates realistic-looking photos of fake IDs… |
| Login.gov adds selfie biometrics for May pilot |
| America’s single-sign on system for government benefits and services, Login.gov, is getting a face biometrics… |
| EU-US to continue aligning digital identity standards |
| The United States and the European Union are continuing to work on making technical standards… |
| Dutch cities consider biometric checks to stop rising passport, ID fraud |
| Several municipalities in the Netherlands want to use biometric identity verification to prevent fraud, but… |
| Law to fight identity fraud in US introduced, Australia blocks over 300K attempts |
| Countries are taking steps to effectively mitigate fraud through identity verification. In the U.S., the… |
| US sees identity theft fraud problem more clearly than biometrics’ role in addressing it |
| Americans recognize the challenge of securing their social safety net, as shown in a GovTech… |
| New Zealand welcomes input on draft biometrics code |
| The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand is seeking public feedback on draft… |
| BIPA one step closer to seeing its first major change since 2008 inception |
| On Thursday, a bipartisan majority in the Illinois Senate approved the first major change to… |
| UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws |
| Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition.… |
| Confusion as Nigeria national ID cards multiply |
| There’ve been mixed reactions in Nigeria after the federal government unveiled plans to introduce a… |
| Ethiopia parliament okays data protection legislation as digital ID efforts ramp up |
| A piece of legislation which sets out a robust legal template for data protection in… |
| Malaysia’s digital ID enrollment postponed, mDL faces glitches |
| Malaysia’s digital identity project MyDigital ID is postponing enrollment for the public until May. That… |
| DPI gets cloud service launch, UN working groups and a definition of ‘public’ |
| Cloud-based on-demand technology provided as a service could address a series of challenges associated with… |
| World Bank officials discuss using Korea’s national digital ID as a model |
| Officials of the state-owned Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation (KOMSCO) and… |
| Hailo integrates Paravision facial recognition software for edge biometric identification |
| Paravision has partnered with Hailo to incorporate their advanced facial recognition technology into specialized devices,… |
| Pindrop, Veridas raise biometric defenses against voice fraud |
| Pindrop has won the Voice Cloning Challenge run by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC),… |
| IdRamp partners with Clear for reusable biometric identity and authentication |
| Decentralized digital identity orchestration provider IdRamp has partnered with Clear to offer Sign In With… |
| Trust Stamp face biometrics layer addresses voice vulnerability to deepfakes |
| Trust Stamp has launched a program that aims to help financial institutions fast-track their deepfake… |
| Worldcoin adds privacy protection and age restriction, criticized in LATAM |
| Worldcoin has announced the addition of data privacy protection features, apparently in response to allegations… |
| Idemia discusses faster police operations, improved outcomes with livescan biometrics |
| Biometrics, and fingerprints in particular, have long been one of the pillars of forensics work… |
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