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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
UK govt urged to step up role in digital ID as public good at Westminster eForum
Digital identity is a public good which requires government support and regulation while tech and service providers are going to...
 
EAB seminar plays down EU parliament’s biometrics ethics concerns
The European Union’s ethical concerns connected with deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics applications across its territory may be excessive....
US talks the talk with digital ID. Maybe officials walk to success
The United States trails many nations when it comes to digital identity rules, projects and completions, but federal and state...
 
Rapid digital identity certifications in UK indicate pent-up demand: DCMS
A new accreditation system for digital identity products is leading to the rapid approval of new products, indicating high demand....
Focus on bank’s role in digital wallets gets sharper
It is the second month of 2023, and seemingly everyone wants in on what could be the awakening of banks...
 
Transparency can drive digital ID equity, policy forum panelists say
An event last week on ‘Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead’ held by the Better Identity Coalition, the FIDO Alliance...
Exponential hacking of biometric authentication reveals some defenses already overwhelmed
“Motion-based is completely broken,” says Andrew Bud, founder and CEO, iProov, of biometric identity authentication where users are asked to...
 
Patent awarded to ID R&D for securing voice interactions with biometrics and liveness
ID R&D has been granted a patent for a technology bringing continuous, multi-modal biometric authentication to chatbots and virtual assistants...
Is Kenya’s ‘big Huduma Namba thing’ being adapted to digital-only ID or dropped for a UPI?
“It is not the work of government to issue IDs; it is the work of government to identify Kenyans,” said...
 
Sierra Leone launches biometric ID card to upgrade CRVS, Kenya’s UPI goes birth-to-death
The details of Kenya’s plans for its Unique Personal Identifier continue to emerge, with the government planning to begin issuing...
Free-to-use civil registration system OpenCRVS adds features, configuration
The open-source, free-to-use civil registration and vital statistics platform OpenCRVS has introduced substantial developments in its latest version, 1.2. New...
 
World Bank is helping the displaced in Mozambique get IDs, birth certificates
There has been respite for thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mozambique as a civil registration and ID card...
Worldcoin shares details of open-source, iris biometrics-scanning ‘Orb’
Cryptocurrency company Worldcoin has published a new blog post describing the “Orb,” the company’s iris biometric imaging device. “After three...
 
Porn back as political hurdle for age verification in UK, Australia takes next step
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been prompted by his Conservative Party members to increase the strictness of age security...
  Startup wants every camera to be a biometric authenticator
  Identomat passes level 2 biometric PAD compliance test from iBeta
  New executives appointed by IDnow, Mitek, Prove, Au10tix announces layoffs
  Biometric liveness detection from OCR Labs shows no bias in BixeLab testing
  Yoti integrates selfie verification checks into the electronic signature process
  Oz Forensics pitches liveness detection to the channel with reseller program launch
  FaceTec triples scope and payout in Spoof Bounty to thwart biometric liveness attacks
  Rank One biometric algorithms integrated with MOSIP foundational digital ID platform
  Tech5 and uqudo develop biometric remote voter verification system for Oman election
  Cognitec upgrades biometric capture hardware with PAD and on-device facial recognition
Biometrics White Papers
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...
 
The ultimate retail experience starts with facial recognition
As digital transformation sweeps across our society, bringing together the physical and virtual worlds, the retail space is changing in...
Improving the ATM experience with biometrics multi-factor authentication
ATMs in the U.S. and other parts of the world have generally validated the identity of bank customers with something...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa LiveCast – Civil registration in Africa: Scaling for impact
  February 8, 2023
Can we exploit human visual attention to improve face recognition models?
  February 14, 2023
Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans
  February 15, 2023
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
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