Biometric Update for August 12, 2020

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Growing clarity in Illinois’ biometric privacy law shows possible defenses for third-party vendors

By Chris Burt

Suits brought under Illlinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) against biometrics providers as third party vendors face hurdles which have…

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Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?

By Frank Hersey

A Nigerian identity verification company is building a way to confirm details of an increasing number of Nigerians’ lives, way…

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Santander Mexico rolls out Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint scanners to register millions of customers

By Luana Pascu

Integrated Biometrics’ Kojak fingerprint scanners have been implemented by Santander Bank in Mexico for enhanced protection against identity theft and…

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Deepfakes declared top AI threat, biometrics and content attribution scheme proposed to detect them

By Chris Burt

Biometrics may be the best way to protect society against the threat of deepfakes, but new solutions are being proposed…

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Trueface joins Trade & Travel acceleration program to develop biometrics for passenger screening

By Luana Pascu

Trueface is one of the six tech companies to take part in Trade & Travel’s acceleration program to develop solutions with…

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Evernym selects iProov biometrics and liveness checks for simple onboarding and device binding for SSI

By Chris Burt

Evernym is adding facial biometrics and liveness detection from iProov to its enterprise-grade self-sovereign identity (SSI) platform and consumer mobile app…

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Digital payment through biometric identification for a cash-free world

By Deepak Gupta

This is a guest post by Deepak Gupta, CTO and Co-founder of LoginRadius. Verifying a person’s identity using their biometric…

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Boosting voice biometrics with speech recognition gives Omilia leg up in passive authentication, CEO says

By Chris Burt

Before Omilia developed its own voice biometrics, CEO Dimitris Vassos came to the conclusion that many of the products in the…

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Biometric access control products launched by StoneLock and Hytera, Invixium signs Mexico distribution deal

By Chris Burt

Contactless biometrics for access control continue to be a hot market area as people return to work from COVID-19 lockdowns…

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Masks mistaken for duct tape, researchers experiment to reduce human bias in biometrics

By Luana Pascu

Arguing biometric facial recognition can often be biased, some researchers believe human intervention could solve the problem. However, humans can…

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Biometrics integrator Genetec vanquishes patent troll, receives payment

By Chris Burt

Genetec, which integrates biometric technologies from a range of partners, has defeated a non-performing entity, otherwise known as a patent…

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5 reasons why face scanning in schools should be banned -- researchers

By Jim Nash

Research from the University of Michigan unequivocally finds that biometric facial recognition in classrooms should be banned. A study conducted…

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Masks mistaken for duct tape, researchers experiment to reduce human bias in biometrics
Growing clarity in Illinois’ biometric privacy law shows possible defenses for third-party vendors
5 reasons why face scanning in schools should be banned — researchers
Deepfakes declared top AI threat, biometrics and content attribution scheme proposed to detect them
Biometric access control products launched by StoneLock and Hytera, Invixium signs Mexico distribution deal
Biometrics integrator Genetec vanquishes patent troll, receives payment
Santander Mexico rolls out Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint scanners to register millions of customers
Evernym selects iProov biometrics and liveness checks for simple onboarding and device binding for SSI
Trueface joins Trade & Travel acceleration program to develop biometrics for passenger screening
Academic researchers say YOLO, speed up image recognition tech
Mask detection in line for possible call up to big league baseball, but without facial biometrics
Signzy makes Medici list of top RegTech providers for biometric and blockchain onboarding API
Automotive biometrics market forecast for $329B in 2027 as computer vision technology advances
Idex Biometrics ships TrustedBio integrated biometric card solution and plans for mass market launch in 2020

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Boosting voice biometrics with speech recognition gives Omilia leg up in passive authentication, CEO says

By Chris Burt

Before Omilia developed its own voice biometrics, CEO Dimitris Vassos came to the conclusion that many of the products in the…

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More Interviews and Features

Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?
Focus face biometrics work on solving real-world problems, NtechLab Co-founder urges
Analyze biometrics and behavior with ML to defeat professional attackers, Acceptto security expert urges
AnyVision executives on making facial biometrics for touchless access control easier for the enterprise
Biometrics evolution in payments enabled by contactless advances: Infineon executives
Digital identity for all push in Africa now has clarity and political will: ID4Africa Executive Chairman
Apple launches web authentication using FIDO standard with Touch ID or Face ID biometrics in Safari
Is palm vein recognition the future of biometrics in the new normal?

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.

More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market

By Frank Hersey

Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations

Consultation on Malaysia’s biometric national digital ID plan closes, border control integration considered
Voluntary Aadhaar biometrics use expanded to more government services, but advocates worry about exclusion
Secure digital identity takes on new importance for South Africans amid lockdowns
Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?

Industry Insights: Guest Posts

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

Digital payment through biometric identification for a cash-free world

By Deepak Gupta

This is a guest post by Deepak Gupta, CTO and Co-founder of LoginRadius. Verifying a person’s identity using their biometric…

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More Industry Insights

Secure digital identity takes on new importance for South Africans amid lockdowns
In today’s rapidly changing economy, businesses need to get consumer recognition right
Biometrics and tokenization: the dynamic duo against bank fraud
Twitter wouldn’t be hacked with decentralized identity platforms
From stateless to self-sovereign: A project that gives life-long identity to the world’s invisibles beginning at birth
The future of biometrics is in the palm of your hand

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 2021. Dates to be announced.

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ID4Africa seeks speakers for special webinar panel on inclusion in digital identity
ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning

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