UK national digital identity announcement anticipated soon
The UK government is about to announce the introduction of a national digital identity scheme, possibly at the annual Labour…
Year: 2025
Fresh alarm on illegal data harvesting in Nigeria
Digital rights advocacy organization, Paradigm Initiative (PIN), has raised fresh concerns about the surreptitious sale of personal data in Nigeria….
As London expands CCTV network, critics express concerns of overreach
London is making a significant upgrade of its CCTV infrastructure in one of its most surveilled boroughs, adding new cameras…
Seamfix joins TM Forum to boost trusted digital ID services offering
Seamfix says it will use its membership of the TM Forum to strengthen its trusted digital identity services portfolio to…
How hiring fraud has become a cybersecurity threat vector
By Mike Engle, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of 1Kosmos You recently hired a new security analyst for your team. His…
Uganda to tighten biometric ID database security after data breach claims
The National Database and Registration Authority (NIRA) of Uganda is pledging to strengthen privacy and security measures around the country’s…
Biometrics blend into daily life as a Rorschach test
Biometrics mean a lot of different things to different people. They are a method of forensic investigation, and a way…
BU podcast talks police use of live facial recognition with prof Fraser Sampson
While facial recognition technology continues to find homes in commercial and institutional use cases, one of the most enthusiastic adopters…
Senator Cruz faces obstacles in bid to preempt state AI standards
Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s bid to set federal rules for AI to head off what he calls a chaotic patchwork…
Elastic claims facial recognition searches 100X faster with vector database
The performance requirements for police facial recognition systems vary across use cases and jurisdictions. For a police force in an…
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