Privacy, security, speech top concerns in statements on Australia’s search code
Having issued a call for submissions regarding the implementation of Australia’s Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code, which includes…
Year: 2025
Over-retention of age verification data has predictable result in Discord breach
A third-party customer service provider for Discord has exposed the ID documents us has apparently been storing of people performing…
Deepfakes contributing to North Korea’s war chest, global intelligence ops
Hundreds of companies from among the Fortune 500 have been unwitting pawns in a scheme by North Korea to violate…
Czech parliamentary elections hit by digital ID app failure
The head of the Czech agency in charge of the country’s national digital identity says he would offer his resignation…
Hong Kong to increase the number of facial recognition cameras
Hong Kong is following in the footsteps of Mainland China by introducing facial recognition to its rising number of CCTV…
Indonesia ponders one-account-per-platform rule for social media
A common problem with regulations is that of adaptation. A country enacts a law that restricts social media accounts to…
Former Boston Police Commissioner joins ROC Board of Directors
U.S. biometrics firm ROC has appointed former Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis III to its Board of Directors. Commissioner Davis,…
Biometrics enrollment and Big Brother fears loom: is the post office the answer?
Biometrics hold stunning potential for establishing trust and enabling inclusion for people living outside of bureaucratic systems, but these goals…
The promise in palm biometrics: BU Podcast talks with Handwave CEO Janis Stirna
The digital wallet revolution assumes a credential on your phone is harder to lose. But if that’s the primary metric,…
New funding for Descope brings total seed financing to $88 million
Identity and access management (IAM) platform Descope, which integrates biometrics and liveness detection from Incode, has announced an extension and…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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