ICE is at the center of a vast and growing US biometric surveillance capability
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly emerged as the operational nucleus of a vast, fragmented, and increasingly automated…
Year: 2025
Researcher finds 184M unique login credentials in unsecured database
In the digital age, credentials are the new gold bars. Representing the intangible but infinitely monetizable value of identity, they…
Samsung palm biometrics system could be more secure successor to fingerprint
Samsung has filed for a European Patent covering a palm biometrics system that could be implemented in future smartphone models….
Vietnam urges corporate banking customers to complete biometric verification as deadline looms
Vietnam is making biometric verification integral to corporate banking. From July 1 corporate bank customers will only be allowed to…
Obtaining consent to collect facial recognition data ‘impractical,’ says Bunnings
One of Australia’s most high profile court cases over facial recognition in retail continues to see volleys exchanged between the…
China approves Cyberspace IDs as part of federated identity scheme
China has approved measures to issue national ID numbers that citizens can use to register for online services or verify…
The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel
Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing country but it is experiencing…
Civic joins Solana Attestation Service for ‘solid foundation for verifiable credentials’
Civic Technologies has joined the newly launched Solana Attestation Service (SAS), an open, permissionless protocol for verifiable credentials. A blog…
Regula makes privacy compliance easier for border control, law enforcement
Regula has rolled out a feature that allows for greater privacy protection. The personal data masking functionality has been extended…
Ghana prints 31k new chip-embedded biometric passports in one month
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has commended the passport production team for printing 31,935 new chip-embedded passports…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection