Biometric Update for October 10, 2024

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

App stores enter the age verification debate as social media points fingers

By Joel R. McConvey

Oct 9, 2024 - In the dialogue about how to effectively protect young people from accessing adult content online, social media companies take a…

PimEyes says Meta glasses integration could have ‘irreversible consequences’

By Masha Borak

Oct 7, 2024 - Two Harvard students made headlines after converting Meta’s smart glasses into a device that automatically captures people's faces with facial…

Veridas teases major facial access deployment at major American stadium

By Joel R. McConvey

Oct 9, 2024 - Spain’s Veridas is expanding in Europe and beyond, with movements in the biometric access control space and voice biometrics. Recent…

Global DPI Summit proposes 7 keys to speed up Africa’s digital transformation

By Ayang Macdonald

Oct 9, 2024 - The first-ever edition of the Global DPI Summit which took place at the start of this month in the Egyptian…

Thales powers Guam Police’s revived biometric system for gun-owner IDs

By Abigail Opiah

Oct 9, 2024 - The Guam Police Department (GPD) will be reinstating its digital fingerprint system for the issuance of firearms identification cards. This…

Deepfake threat still stirring concern about election integrity

By Joel R. McConvey

Oct 9, 2024 - The specter of deepfakes continues to hover over the various elections of 2024, and even if little actual deepfake-driven disruption…

France adding health cards to digital ID app next year

By Abigail Opiah

Oct 9, 2024 - The French government plans to make the healthcare card, known as the carte Vitale, accessible through the France Identité app…

The Maldives secures Mantra fingerprint biometrics scanners for national ID system

By Lu-Hai Liang

Oct 9, 2024 - The Maldives has acquired biometric scanners that will be used as part of the country’s national identification infrastructure. The equipment…

Why the future of biometrics must be privacy-first for widespread scaling and adoption

By Blaine Frederick

Oct 8, 2024 - By Blaine Frederick, VP of Product at Alcatraz AI In 2013, Apple revolutionized its flagship product with the launch of…

OpenID Connect spec family adopted as international standards

By Chris Burt

Oct 9, 2024 - They grow up so fast. A full decade has passed since OpenID Connect was launched, and now nine specifications have…

NYU Tandon Computer Science faculty tackling deepfakes

By Anthony Kimery

Oct 9, 2024 - With the support of Google’s Cyber NYC Institutional Research Program (IRP), a team of NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers…

Facial recognition and perpetrator focus – a culture shift

By Fraser Sampson

Oct 2, 2024 - By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Focus on the perpetrator. That was the message from the…

App stores enter the age verification debate as social media points fingers
Joel R. McConvey | 6 hours ago

Global DPI Summit proposes 7 keys to speed up Africa’s digital transformation
Ayang Macdonald | 8 hours ago

Deepfake threat still stirring concern about election integrity
Joel R. McConvey | 9 hours ago

Veridas teases major facial access deployment at major American stadium
Joel R. McConvey | 9 hours ago

NYU Tandon Computer Science faculty tackling deepfakes
Anthony Kimery | 9 hours ago

Thales powers Guam Police’s revived biometric system for gun-owner IDs
Abigail Opiah | 9 hours ago

France adding health cards to digital ID app next year
Abigail Opiah | 9 hours ago

The Maldives secures Mantra fingerprint biometrics scanners for national ID system
Lu-Hai Liang | 12 hours ago

OpenID Connect spec family adopted as international standards
Chris Burt | 12 hours ago

Pats on the back, questions and suggestions for NIST’s Digital Identity Guidelines
Chris Burt | 13 hours ago

Upgrade to New Zealand’s immigration system postponed
Masha Borak | 13 hours ago

Europe outlines plans for EU Digital Travel app as concerns over EES rise
Masha Borak | 16 hours ago

Indian state launches pilot for family digital ID card project
Abigail Opiah | 16 hours ago

ChatGPT can recognize ‘facial identities,’ perform age estimation: research
Joel R. McConvey | Yesterday

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Biometric Update offers exclusive features and in-depth interviews with executives in the biometrics industry.

PimEyes says Meta glasses integration could have ‘irreversible consequences’

By Masha Borak

Oct 7, 2024 - Two Harvard students made headlines after converting Meta’s smart glasses into a device that automatically captures people's faces with facial…

More Interviews and Features

US election likely to be a missed opportunity to advance digital ID policy
Chris Burt | 6 days ago

Bosnia is leapfrogging neighbors with digital ID wallet launch: Identyum CEO
Masha Borak | 1 week ago

As biometrics infiltrate the fan experience, will anyone challenge Wicket at the game?
Joel R. McConvey | 4 weeks ago

Mattr introduces VICAL Viewer to ease mDL adoption for relying parties
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

SIC Biometrics plots scale-up path from under-the-radar prominence
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

Travizory advocates combination of biographic, biometric data for stronger border security
Ayang Macdonald | 1 month ago

Claim that DTC ‘is the strongest digital identity’ under the microscope
Chris Burt | 1 month ago

Incognia rides steady growth as it aims for half a billion users
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

Industry Insights

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

Why the future of biometrics must be privacy-first for widespread scaling and adoption

By Blaine Frederick

Oct 8, 2024 - By Blaine Frederick, VP of Product at Alcatraz AI In 2013, Apple revolutionized its flagship product with the launch of…

More Industry Insights

Facial recognition and perpetrator focus – a culture shift
Fraser Sampson | 7 days ago

How multimodal biometrics help with age verification and compliance
Vignesh Krishnakumar | 7 days ago

Owning your identity in the web3 age: The shift to decentralized security
Terence Kwok | 1 week ago

Are current regulations adequate for ensuring the security of wearable data?
Jack Shaw | 3 weeks ago

EU AI pact sets new standards for ethical AI use across Europe
Tony Porter | 4 weeks ago

Convenience or security – which came first?
Fraser Sampson | 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.