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Biometric Update for August 9, 2022

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

India’s military monitors disputed borders with facial recognition

By Ayang Macdonald

- India is expanding plans to revolutionize the way its troops carry out operations along its borders with China and Pakistan…

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US biometric kiosks grow from airports to GSA credentialling

By Jim Nash

- As the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency moves more "touchless, receiptless" travel kiosks at airports, the Government Services Administration…

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Corsight face biometrics integrated with safe city solutions by Affluence subsidiary

By Chris Burt

- Corsight AI has been chosen by OneMind Technologies, a subsidiary of Affluence Corporation, to provide face biometrics for safe and…

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SDG 16.9 – A life and death situation (ep. 2)

By Frank Hersey

This deep dive with the UN’s former head of legal identity explores the issue of using biometrics in identity, how much control we should have over our identities, transgender rights to assert identity (and what happens when they die), the dangers of including religion or ethnicity, and more.

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Idex supplies sensors for biometric payment cards coming to Turkey, Web3

By Chris Burt

- A partnership between Idex Biometrics and G+D joint venture E-Kart has reached its next stage with the launch of a…

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The metaverse channel: the medium is the market

By Heather Vescent

- What is driving 2022 interest in the Metaverse? It’s not like the metaverse is a new concept – virtual worlds…

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Face biometrics’ limitations with profile images could help deepfake detection

By Alessandro Mascellino

- Limitations to the software used in building deepfakes means that many of them are not very good at recreating profile…

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Hikvision security camera deployments come under scrutiny in New Zealand

By Alessandro Mascellino

- The use of Hikvision security cameras is being reviewed by some organizations in New Zealand, following the UK recently rolling…

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Iveda wins $3M in video surveillance, facial recognition contracts in Taiwan, raises $5M

By Chris Burt

- U.S.-based Iveda has won $3 million in contracts from Taiwan’s government for video surveillance systems, including facial recognition. The Nasdaq-traded…

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India ticks off analysts' steps to a digital public infrastructure

By Jim Nash

- The World Economic Forum has published a bulletized list of insights for getting an effective digital public infrastructure out of…

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US biometric kiosks grow from airports to GSA credentialling
Jim Nash |
Corsight face biometrics integrated with safe city solutions by Affluence subsidiary
Chris Burt |
Hikvision security camera deployments come under scrutiny in New Zealand
Alessandro Mascellino |
Face biometrics’ limitations with profile images could help deepfake detection
Alessandro Mascellino |
India’s military monitors disputed borders with facial recognition
Ayang Macdonald |
India ticks off analysts’ steps to a digital public infrastructure
Jim Nash |
Iveda wins $3M in video surveillance, facial recognition contracts in Taiwan, raises $5M
Chris Burt |
Idex supplies sensors for biometric payment cards coming to Turkey, Web3
Chris Burt |
OIX unveils Identity Trust Conference 2022 details, VISA and Sopra Steria as gold sponsors
Alessandro Mascellino |
Portugal’s border agency criticized for delays in issuing biometric ID cards to UK citizens
Alessandro Mascellino |
U-turn on manual registers alongside biometric verification kits in Kenyan general elections
Ayang Macdonald |
ID16.9 podcast launched by Biometric Update to track the race for universal legal identity
Chris Burt |
India removes 9.8M entries from voter roll after biometric, demographic deduplication
Chris Burt |
New unsupervised AI method performs multimodal emotion recognition
Alessandro Mascellino |

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Features and Industry Interviews

Biometric Update offers exclusive features and in-depth interviews with executives in the biometrics industry.

FTC vet handicaps the agency’s role in biometric data privacy rulemaking

By Jim Nash

- National data privacy policies are coming to the United States, according to a regulation insider, but do not expect to…

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More Interviews and Features
Shrinking commands, ageing voices and microphones everywhere: Pindrop’s future for voice biometrics
Frank Hersey |
Biometric vaccination cards now available for Cameroonian travellers
Ayang Macdonald |
Socure SVP sees past the migraine of dealing trust to the US government
Jim Nash |
Ethiopia’s Zemichael on delivery of 70M digital IDs by 2025, lessons drawn from ID4Africa
Ayang Macdonald |
Maturing MOSIP enjoys ID4Africa limelight as it expands its partnerships and vendors flock
Frank Hersey |
iBeta biometrics testing expert explains the path from playdough to vendor credibility
Chris Burt |
Princeton’s Varma sees progress and recognition in SIA ‘Women in Biometrics’ award
Jim Nash |
PayByFace receives strategic investment from SafexPay, CEO discusses plans to go global
Tyler Choi |

Industry Insights

Biometric Update Industry Insights feature biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives.

The metaverse channel: the medium is the market

By Heather Vescent

- What is driving 2022 interest in the Metaverse? It’s not like the metaverse is a new concept – virtual worlds…

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More Industry Insights
Compliance tips in advance of Cothron Illinois Supreme Court BIPA claim accrual ruling
David Oberly |
Facial recognition: The tool of despair and hope
Neil Sahota |
Biometric technology plays increasing role in fraud prevention for crypto and decentralized finance
David Britton |
The password paradigm at Identiverse 2022
Heather Vescent |
Dynamic authorization – the key to solving zero trust
Gal Helemski |
Facial blindness is a rare syndrome in humans, but very common among organizations
Moshe Ofry |

Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.

India ticks off analysts’ steps to a digital public infrastructure

By Jim Nash

- The World Economic Forum has published a bulletized list of insights for getting an effective digital public infrastructure out of…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
U-turn on manual registers alongside biometric verification kits in Kenyan general elections
Ayang Macdonald |
ID16.9 podcast launched by Biometric Update to track the race for universal legal identity
Chris Burt |
India removes 9.8M entries from voter roll after biometric, demographic deduplication
Chris Burt |
Lawmaker suggests Philippine biometrics project held up by former contractor
Chris Burt |

ID4Africa

Biometric Update has been the official journalist for the last four annual meetings of the ID4Africa ID-4-All Movement.

The 6th annual meeting of ID4Africa will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco in June 2022.

More ID4Africa News
Talk about digital ID by talking about services: ID4Africa 2022 workshop findings
Civil registries are important – but how do you persuade the people?

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