Biometric Update for April 23, 2026

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

London police win legal challenge against live facial recognition deployment

By Masha Borak

Apr 22, 2026 - London’s Met Police force has won a legal challenge to its use of live facial recognition, allowing them to continue…

Concordium’s Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki wants to keep your AI agents in line

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 17, 2026 - “Without identity, autonomous action is just autonomous risk.” So says Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of Layer-1 blockchain protocol Concordium. Concordium has…

Roblox settles with Alabama, West Virginia, agrees to age checks for users under 16

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 22, 2026 - Social gaming platform Roblox is settling its accounts. Having settled with the State of Nevada for $12.5 million over lawsuits…

Ghost Murmur whispers the arrival of zoemetrics

By Fraser Sampson

Apr 20, 2026 - By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner There are two things about biometrics that make it an…

Switzerland opens Swiyu bug bounty program to public

By Masha Borak

Apr 23, 2026 - Switzerland has opened the bug bounty program for its upcoming digital identity wallet Swiyu to the public. The bug bounty…

Japan moves toward age verification for social media filters and risk labels

By Lu-Hai Liang

Apr 22, 2026 - Japan’s policymakers are considering their own version of age assurance for social media with content filtering taking the limelight. Nikkei…

Continuous AI biometric identification: Why manual patient verification is not enough!

By Deepak Borole

Apr 21, 2026 - By Deepak Borole, Project Manager at Chetu Making sure you are talking to the right patient is a cardinal rule in…

Panasonic adds QR-based biometric onboarding to streamline site access

By Lu-Hai Liang

Apr 23, 2026 - Panasonic Connect has introduced a new QR‑based face registration feature for its KPAS Cloud access management service. The new feature…

AVPA plots course for age assurance future based on learnings from Australia

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 22, 2026 - In 2025, few people on Earth logged as many travel miles as Iain Corby, the executive director of the Age…

SLC Digital, Ideco partner on hardware-backed biometrics for fraud prevention

By Ayang Macdonald

Apr 23, 2026 - United States-based identity fraud solution firm SLC Digital and Ideco Biometrics, are combining their technologies and technical capabilities to enhance…

Regula analysis finds ID document verification hardest for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese

By Lu-Hai Liang

Apr 22, 2026 - While the Latin alphabet is the alpha and omega for around 40 percent of the world’s people, that still leaves…

YouTube offers its biometric deepfake detection tool to celebrities

By Masha Borak

Apr 22, 2026 - After content creators, politicians and journalists, YouTube will also enable celebrities to access its likeness detection tool, allowing them to…

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Concordium’s Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki wants to keep your AI agents in line

Following IPO, ROC is investing in homegrown security for US market

Wizz, Tech Coalition talk child online safety with Biometric Update Podcast

Marshall Scholar tells BU Podcast how to fix the age assurance debate

Switzerland opens Swiyu bug bounty program to public
Masha Borak | 1 minute ago

Panasonic adds QR-based biometric onboarding to streamline site access
Lu-Hai Liang | 2 hours ago

SLC Digital, Ideco partner on hardware-backed biometrics for fraud prevention
Ayang Macdonald | 4 hours ago

Japan moves toward age verification for social media filters and risk labels
Lu-Hai Liang | 13 hours ago

AVPA plots course for age assurance future based on learnings from Australia
Joel R. McConvey | 13 hours ago

Regula analysis finds ID document verification hardest for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese
Lu-Hai Liang | 13 hours ago

London police win legal challenge against live facial recognition deployment
Masha Borak | 14 hours ago

Roblox settles with Alabama, West Virginia, agrees to age checks for users under 16
Joel R. McConvey | 14 hours ago

YouTube offers its biometric deepfake detection tool to celebrities
Masha Borak | 15 hours ago

Neurotechnology spinoff SkyBiometry launches AI infrastructure suite
Masha Borak | 16 hours ago

Entrust upgrades IDV as Australia expands AML/CTF rules to new sectors
Lu-Hai Liang | 17 hours ago

Meta tracks employee keystroke data for agentic AI model training amid privacy furor
Chris Burt | 18 hours ago

Vietnam’s Hanoi targets near‑universal e-IDs under new digital transformation plan
Lu-Hai Liang | Yesterday

Plaid, Idemia, Entrust and Ping Identity make senior hires
Lu-Hai Liang | Yesterday

Cybastion to support digital infrastructure development in DRC
Ayang Macdonald | Yesterday

Tanzania seeks biometrics contractors for Phase II of national digital ID project
Ayang Macdonald | Yesterday

Smart glasses and the new DHS surveillance budget
Anthony Kimery | Yesterday

Voice AI expands attack surface for speaker biometrics as APIs proliferate
Joel R. McConvey | 2 days ago

NetChoice wins in Arkansas, but faces forever war against age assurance
Joel R. McConvey | 2 days ago

UIDAI selects 20 bug bounty hunters to bolster India’s digital ID security
Lu-Hai Liang | 2 days ago

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Concordium’s Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki wants to keep your AI agents in line

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 17, 2026 - “Without identity, autonomous action is just autonomous risk.” So says Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of Layer-1 blockchain protocol Concordium. Concordium has…

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FPC CEO expects biometrics growth, efficiency, capital gains from Precise merger
Lu-Hai Liang | 1 week ago

Following IPO, ROC is investing in homegrown security for US market
Joel R. McConvey | 2 weeks ago

Wizz, Tech Coalition talk child online safety with Biometric Update Podcast
Joel R. McConvey | 3 weeks ago

Marshall Scholar tells BU Podcast how to fix the age assurance debate
Joel R. McConvey | 4 weeks ago

MOSIP community shares practical digital identity deployment lessons at Connect 2026
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

Socure’s Deepanker Saxena breaks down how to spot fake job candidates
Joel R. McConvey | 1 month ago

ID4Africa prioritizes digital identity ecosystems to center users at upcoming AGM
Chris Burt | 1 month ago

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Chris Burt | 1 month ago

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Continuous AI biometric identification: Why manual patient verification is not enough!

By Deepak Borole

Apr 21, 2026 - By Deepak Borole, Project Manager at Chetu Making sure you are talking to the right patient is a cardinal rule in…

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Ghost Murmur whispers the arrival of zoemetrics
Fraser Sampson | 3 days ago

Digital health systems keep failing. The fix isn’t more tech, it’s designing with and for people
Lara Tabac and Carlie Congdon | 1 week ago

GenAI fraud makes zero-knowledge proofs non-negotiable
Jarek Sygitowicz | 1 week ago

The role of intent in securing AI agents
Itamar Apelblat | 2 weeks ago

EU Cyber Resilience Act reshapes biometric access systems
Eduard de Knegt | 2 weeks ago

Just because they can – the biometric conundrum for law enforcement
Fraser Sampson | 3 weeks ago

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