Biometric data collection for advertising personalization comes under scrutiny
Advertisers in the UK want to analyze pedestrians’ biometrics, alongside GPS location, gender and age demographics, to create tailored advertiser…
Articles By Alessandro Mascellino
Alessandro Mascellino is a freelance multimedia journalist focusing on emerging technologies. His work has been featured on The Independent, The Mirror Online, and The Sun, among others. Alessandro is also the author of TÉKUNI, a newsletter about technology in Japan.
Palm biometric payments grow with launch on WeChat, Amazon One expansion
Tencent’s super-app WeChat has added a new “Palm Payment” applet to enable users to pay using palm biometrics, Tech Planet…
FIDO debuts document authenticity certification for mobile and remote ID verification
The FIDO Alliance has introduced a new certification program to address the rising need for more robust and straightforward online…
Japan to integrate health insurance cards into My Number digital ID in digitization push
The Japanese government has unveiled plans to discontinue its current health insurance card system and integrate its functionalities within the…
VeriFast raises $3.5M amid digital financial services growth
Digital processes are increasingly relevant to banking consumers of all ages, according to a new report. ID verification vendor IDnow,…
NADRA cracks down on suspect IDs, collects biometrics from relatives
The National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan has canceled 181 national digital ID cards that were issued to non-nationals…
Moscow data center to collect face biometrics from video streams nationwide
The Department of Information Technologies of Moscow is in the process of finalizing a new data storage center with biometric…
Intigriti pentest service supports certifications as biometrics providers approved
Intigriti, a European crowdsourced security platform, has launched a Hybrid Pentesting service as part of its bug bounty program that…
Ekemp sues Liberian commission over biometric voter registration procurement
China-based Ekemp and its partners have filed a Writ of Prohibition with the Supreme Court of Liberia on the entire…
Google pushes passwordless authentication with biometric passkeys
Google announced Wednesday that it is bringing biometric passkeys to Android and Chrome devices. Writing on the Android developers’ website,…
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