Biometric Update for November 30, 2023

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Porn gets the marquee in Australian opposition’s age verification bill

By Joel R. McConvey

Nov 29, 2023 - Amid rising global interest in online age verification, Australia’s politicians are indulging in a bit of gamesmanship, with the coalition…

Australia invites a select few to bid for national digital ID contract

By Bianca Gonzalez

Nov 29, 2023 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the nation’s digital identity competition regulator, is issuing a limited tender to build…

Axon Wireless to integrate Tech5’s contactless fingerprint biometrics

By Joel R. McConvey

Nov 29, 2023 - Tech5, which provides biometrics and AI for digital identity management, will have its contactless fingerprint biometric capture and liveness detection…

Accenture adoption, SecureAuth survey show rise of passwordless authentication

By Masha Borak

Nov 29, 2023 - Passwordless authentication methods such as biometric and PIN-based logins are gaining ground, according to research and the latest moves from…

Digital IDs mean manageable and critical change, FIDO tells US federal security leaders

By Jim Nash

Nov 29, 2023 - Clearly appreciating that it was selling digital authentication to data-security officials in the inertia-guided U.S. federal bureaucracy, a FIDO Alliance…

Seeing and hearing a face – a different kind of multi-modal authentication

By Jim Nash

Nov 29, 2023 - A UK yearling startup says it has put a fused voice and face biometric algorithm in the field, in banks.…

Keyless goes independent, raises $6M, plans behavioral biometrics development

By Chris Burt

Nov 29, 2023 - Keyless is spinning out from Sift, two years after being acquired by the fraud management provider, and has also raised…

User experience remains paramount amid heightened AI threat

By Bianca Gonzalez

Nov 29, 2023 - Reports from Liminal and Regula reveal fraud trends from 2023 and insights heading into 2024, while businesses focused on crypto…

EU’s largest public transport security project with Herta biometrics nears final stage

By Masha Borak

Nov 29, 2023 - Europe has a plan to prevent terrorist attacks on public transportation with video analytics algorithms, possibly but not necessarily including…

More than consent needed for legal biometric data use: Spanish regulator

By Bianca Gonzalez

Nov 29, 2023 - The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published a guide outlining how biometric data should be used for access control,…

Australia invites a select few to bid for national digital ID contract
Bianca Gonzalez | 13 hours ago

User experience remains paramount amid heightened AI threat
Bianca Gonzalez | 13 hours ago

Digital IDs mean manageable and critical change, FIDO tells US federal security leaders
Jim Nash | 13 hours ago

Accenture adoption, SecureAuth survey show rise of passwordless authentication
Masha Borak | 13 hours ago

Porn gets the marquee in Australian opposition’s age verification bill
Joel R. McConvey | 16 hours ago

More than consent needed for legal biometric data use: Spanish regulator
Bianca Gonzalez | 16 hours ago

Axon Wireless to integrate Tech5’s contactless fingerprint biometrics
Joel R. McConvey | 16 hours ago

Keyless goes independent, raises $6M, plans behavioral biometrics development
Chris Burt | 19 hours ago

EU’s largest public transport security project with Herta biometrics nears final stage
Masha Borak | 19 hours ago

Seeing and hearing a face – a different kind of multi-modal authentication
Jim Nash | 22 hours ago

Uganda suspends over 1.4M SIM cards not linked to users’ biometrics
Ayang Macdonald | 22 hours ago

Crackdown on illegal birth certificates in China after hospital revelations
Joel R. McConvey | 22 hours ago

Short seller sounds alarm on SenseTime revenues, citing smart city decline and fraud
Chris Burt | Yesterday

Face biometrics from NineID deployed for access control at Belgian port
Joel R. McConvey | Yesterday

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The last thing they have: can biometric tech help the homeless, and will they trust it?

By Joel R. McConvey

Nov 15, 2023 - Homelessness is not a single problem, but a confluence of many social issues and challenges – not the least of…

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Age verification is rising and euConsent wants to be a global solution
Masha Borak | 4 weeks ago

eIDAS update sets up harmonized remote ID verification, privacy protection
Chris Burt | 1 month ago

Socure reports on First-Party Fraud trends, announces new product and consortium
Bianca Gonzalez | 1 month ago

Digital ID can help curb rampant insurance fraud, says Azim Esmail of ATB Ventures
Joel R. McConvey | 1 month ago

Specificity crucial for useful biometrics tests, training with synthetic data: EAB panel
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

Discovery of digital wallets’ DNA unveiled at OIX Identity Trust
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

ID R&D claims leadership among ‘extremely accurate’ leaders in NIST PAD test
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

Synthetic faces could solve algorithmic bias and ethical data quandary: IDVerse
Masha Borak | 2 months ago

Industry Insights

Biometric Update Industry Insights feature biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives.

Can criminal investigations rely on AI?

By Ján Lunter

Nov 24, 2023 - By Ján Lunter, CEO of Innovatrics Incorporating AI technologies in criminal investigation can expedite the process, generate high-quality leads, and enhance…

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Why Black Friday is good for fraudsters and how to stop them
Shawn Hall | 1 week ago

Fingerprint biometrics hold promise to address retailers’ common challenges
Vito Fabbrizio | 2 weeks ago

Bridging America’s digital identity gap with mobile driver’s licenses
Neville Pattinson | 3 weeks ago

Biometric age estimation: Pinpointing the benefits and challenges
Hal Lonas | 3 weeks ago

Takeaways from the ICO’s draft guidance on biometric data
David Oberly | 4 weeks ago

Protecting the keys to your kingdom with credential security and user behavior analytics
Steve Povolny | 4 weeks ago

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.