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Biometric Update for October 28, 2021

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Testing biometric apps: privacy and security with Eran Kinsbruner

By Alessandro Mascellino

Eran Kinsbruner is a senior director at Perfecto, an enterprise software company, and a mobile web expert with over 20…

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AnyVision rebrands as Oosto and widens computer vision safety focus

By Chris Burt

AnyVision is now known as Oosto, giving the company a blank associative slate on which to build its brand with…

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Facebook wants to turbo-charge smart glasses. Researcher wonders if it can do it right

By Jim Nash

A computer security and privacy researcher who also is an investor in augmented reality took a look at Facebook's latest…

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Postal Service moves to dismiss biometric data privacy suit

By Chris Burt

The U.S. Postal Service has filed a motion to have a lawsuit alleging it failed to meet its legal obligations…

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American Green goes live with age recognition in biometric vending machines

By Chris Burt

American Green has made face biometric and age verification fully operational on its cannabis and CBD vending machines for customer…

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Onfido acquires Eyn, adds acoustic-based liveness detection

By Alessandro Mascellino

Onfido has recently completed the acquisition of digital identity verification company Eyn to integrate its ultrasound biometric presentation attack detection…

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Speechmatics says dramatic speech recognition bias reduced with unlabelled training data

By Chris Burt

Speechmatics has developed a speech recognition model that it says improves accuracy in understanding groups that have typically been challenging for…

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Aware revenue leaps, Thales biometrics business recovering, Trust Stamp plans next listing

By Chris Burt

Aware has surpassed its total 2020 revenue in the first nine months of 2021, bringing $12.9 million in the first three…

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Facial recognition in schools: systems deployed in Europe and the US amid privacy concerns

By Alessandro Mascellino

New facial recognition systems are being deployed across school campuses around the world, while others are being removed amidst privacy…

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Jumio makes 'huge orbital jump' from biometric ID verification to orchestration

By Chris Burt

End-to-end orchestration capabilities have been added to Jumio’s KYX Platform to provide businesses with flexible digital identity management and fraud…

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Developments in four-factor authentication systems to augment MFA market outlook by 2027

By Samikshya Borse

By Samikshya Borse, content specialist at Global Market Insights. The multi-factor authentication (MFA) market is expected to gain momentum as…

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SecuGen unveils touchless fingerprint biometrics reader Hamster Air

By Alessandro Mascellino

SecuGen has unveiled a new contactless fingerprint reader featuring its optical biometric technology. Dubbed Hamster Air, the biometric scanner responds…

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Speechmatics says dramatic speech recognition bias reduced with unlabelled training data
Aware revenue leaps, Thales biometrics business recovering, Trust Stamp plans next listing
AnyVision rebrands as Oosto and widens computer vision safety focus
Onfido acquires Eyn, adds acoustic-based liveness detection
American Green goes live with age recognition in biometric vending machines
Facial recognition in schools: systems deployed in Europe and the US amid privacy concerns
Developments in four-factor authentication systems to augment MFA market outlook by 2027
Facebook wants to turbo-charge smart glasses. Researcher wonders if it can do it right
Testing biometric apps: privacy and security with Eran Kinsbruner
Postal Service moves to dismiss biometric data privacy suit
SecuGen unveils touchless fingerprint biometrics reader Hamster Air
Kenyans’ efforts to improve digital ID prominent among Good ID Awards
Indian state deploys biometric wearable to track government workers in real time
EU parliamentary group maps biometric mass surveillance across bloc, calls for ban

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Testing biometric apps: privacy and security with Eran Kinsbruner

By Alessandro Mascellino

Eran Kinsbruner is a senior director at Perfecto, an enterprise software company, and a mobile web expert with over 20…

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More Interviews and Features
Jumio makes ‘huge orbital jump’ from biometric ID verification to orchestration
Biometrics are the future of decentralized identity, says Tech5’s Rob Haslam
ID4Africa returns to in-person – and augmented – event in Marrakesh, June 2022
UK pitches less oversight for Surveillance, who-knows-what for Biometrics Commissioner role
Paravision brings edge-to-cloud facial recognition to AI digital ID disruption party
The devilish details of digital health passes in an atmosphere of urgency, uncertainty
Nvidia voices optimism about biometrics, edge AI for financial services
IBT Returns: TSA PreCheck biometrics pioneer stars in sequel

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.

Kenyans’ efforts to improve digital ID prominent among Good ID Awards

By Katya Pivcevic

The Good ID Awards for 2021 have been announced, with four winners in each Accountability, Inclusion, Privacy and Security. The…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Philippines seeks financial inclusion, digital ID expected to reach 50M this year
Malaysia to roll out biometrics-backed digital ID
India tests mobile voting, arranges Aadhaar hackathon – both spell controversy
Civil servants urged to register in Kenya’s biometric health insurance system

Industry Insights: Guest Posts

Biometric Update Guest Posts features industry experts discussing their unique perspectives on products, services and the future of biometrics.

Developments in four-factor authentication systems to augment MFA market outlook by 2027

By Samikshya Borse

By Samikshya Borse, content specialist at Global Market Insights. The multi-factor authentication (MFA) market is expected to gain momentum as…

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Benefits of online identity verification for aviation companies
As open banking accelerates, how can financial services providers ensure their apps are secure?
Why digital onboarding is the future
The challenges of electronic IDs
EU digital identity: why getting wallets right is crucial
Eliminating the black market for fake COVID vaccine certificates via automated solutions

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 Morocco in October 2021.

More ID4Africa News
ID4Africa looks to expand ranks of digital ID Ambassadors
Morocco, Lesotho report progress on digital ID ecosystems development

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