Biometric passports planned for Jamaica and Bangladesh, new eID for Fiji and Romania
Fiji’s National Identification Card will be linked to electronic passports to create a new ID system that will share important…
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Facial recognition 5G-powered glasses, enhanced biometric passports, and Interpol: border updates from Asia
Customs officers in Shenzhen now have biometric facial recognition 5G-powered glasses to scrutinize people crossing the border, following test pilots…
Ukraine issues 14 million biometric passports, Belarus announces plan for 2021
More than 14 million biometric passports have been issued in Ukraine so far, according to Ukrinform. Head of the State…
Veridos to upgrade Cyprus biometric passport and data collection system
Veridos has won a contract with the Civil Registry and Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior of Cyprus to…
Technical issues delay Belarus’ January introduction of biometric passports
In March, Belarus was announcing its decision to push back biometric passports from release in January 2019 to January 2020….
Veriff releases NFC identity verification tool for biometric passports
Online identity verification system Veriff has released a near-field communication (NFC) verification tool to validate ePassport-compatible IDs, writes HelpNet Security….
Biometric passports in Indonesia now PKD-certified by ICAO
Indonesia is the latest country to obtain the Public Key Directory (PKD) certificate from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)…
ICAO denies alleged privacy flaw in biometric passports
A group of researchers from the University of Luxemburg may have detected a critical security flaw in the International Civil…
Gemalto part of group awarded contract for 15 million biometric passports by Thailand
Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has awarded a contract for the supply of 15 million biometric e-passports over the…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba to become virtually compulsory, Ghana gets PKI, Liberia runs out of biometric passports
It’s been two steps forward, one step back for biometrics in Africa this week. Liberia has issued a cancellation notice…
