Biometric Update for December 14, 2019

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Not there yet: Biometrics to link developing world community, hospital patient data

By Anthony Kimery

Researchers who conducted a new study on an effort to assign biometric IDs to HIV patients in Kenya discovered that…

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Evident ID launches enterprise account recovery with facial biometrics and liveness

By Chris Burt

Evident ID has launched a new Enterprise Account Recovery offering with facial biometrics and liveness detection to help organizations reduce…

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Government action, facial biometrics and industry responsibility top identity news of the week

By Chris Burt

Numerous announcements were made this week of biometric deployments and implementations, for airports, retail security, and national digital ID programs.…

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Innovatrics provides facial recognition for Precise Biometrics’ YOUNiQ

By Chris Burt

Precise Biometrics and Innovatrics have announced a partnership, under which face recognition technology from Innovatrics will be integrated into Precise’…

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“Bumbling” NYPD contractor nearly infects fingerprint database with ransomware

By Chris Burt

The New York Police Department is blaming a “bumbling” contractor for a ransomware infection of roughly two dozen devices connected…

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CyberLink partners with Advantech for drastically improved edge facial biometrics performance

By Chris Burt

CyberLink founder and CEO Dr. Jau Huang spoke about the enhancements in the biometric performance of the company’s FaceMe technology…

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NEC to supply biometrics to four Indian airports for Digi Yatra as Dubai launches passport control trial

By Chris Burt

NEC Technologies India has won a contract from the Airports Authority of India to implement the company’s biometric boarding platform…

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AI Now calls for ban on affect recognition as market expected to surge to $90B by 2024

By Chris Burt

Science does not justify the use of biometric “affect recognition,” and the technology should be banned, according to researchers at…

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Local investment and biometric privacy protection key BIO-key Africa strategy, executive says

By Chris Burt

BIO-key Africa is planning a country by country strategy, and anticipates adding two dedicated business development resources to cover its…

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Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley urges biometrics industry to slow down and fix things

By Chris Burt

When Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley climbed Mt. Toubkal, the tallest mountain in North Africa, raising awareness about diversity…

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Orange County joins Florida elections boards using BIO-key fingerprint biometric to authenticate staff

By Chris Burt

The County Supervisor of Elections for Orange County, Florida has selected biometric technology from BIO-key to provide strong security for…

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House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee

By Anthony Kimery

The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…

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Government action, facial biometrics and industry responsibility top identity news of the week
“Bumbling” NYPD contractor nearly infects fingerprint database with ransomware
AI Now calls for ban on affect recognition as market expected to surge to $90B by 2024
NEC to supply biometrics to four Indian airports for Digi Yatra as Dubai launches passport control trial
CyberLink partners with Advantech for drastically improved edge facial biometrics performance
Innovatrics provides facial recognition for Precise Biometrics’ YOUNiQ
Orange County joins Florida elections boards using BIO-key fingerprint biometric to authenticate staff
Evident ID launches enterprise account recovery with facial biometrics and liveness
Local investment and biometric privacy protection key BIO-key Africa strategy, executive says
Airport biometrics use grows in Beijing, Rome, San Fran, Tokyo and Delhi as Schiphol spoofed
New datasets for biometric research on multimodal and interoperable performance launched by NIST
Amazon argues Alexa terms of service undercut biometric privacy claims as BIPA defenses considered
San Diego to suspend police and ICE facial biometrics system to comply with new state law
Australia, Canada look to digital identity solutions to get rid of physical ID cards

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House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee

By Anthony Kimery

The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…

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More Interviews and Features

Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley urges biometrics industry to slow down and fix things
Not there yet: Biometrics to link developing world community, hospital patient data
CITeR Director talks research to inform dialogue on children’s biometrics and privacy
SAFR exec on global opportunities and responsibilities of facial biometrics
Senate deepfake bill introduced after House passes companion legislation
Consumers still wary of digital identity security risks, study finds

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Deepfakes: Increasing fake news and identity theft in 2020

By Joseph Carson

This is a guest post by Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic. Earlier this year, a video was published…

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ID4Africa 2020

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

ID4Africa 2020 will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco June 2 – 4, 2020. The theme of the conference will be “Identity 360.”

More ID4Africa News

Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley urges biometrics industry to slow down and fix things
ID4Africa calls for submissions from biometrics and ID community for 2020 event speakers
UNECA head adds economic expertise and diversity to ID4Africa Advisory Board
International Identity Day celebrated with rich nations largely on sidelines

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