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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

If reusable ID backed by biometrics is on the cusp of mainstream adoption, it is via digital identity wallets. Most…

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Madagascar considers bids for €8.5M digital ID contract

Madagascar is reportedly in the final stages of selecting a biometrics supplier for a project to modernize the country’s civil…

 

Alarming gains in face reconstruction from biometric templates made by researchers

Biometric template security is critical to the data integrity and privacy the industry needs to thrive, and template inversion attacks…

 

UK govt planning £2M facial recognition contract to catch driver’s test cheats

The UK government is planning a tender to contract worth 2 million pounds (approximately US$2.7 million) for facial recognition software…

 

Illinois’ biometric data privacy lawsuit merry-go-round keeps spinning

Cyrptocurrency platform Coinbase is facing allegations it failed to obtain written consent before capturing face biometrics from people applying for…

 

Au10tix adds continuous, real-time AML risk monitoring to API

Au10tix has launched a continuous, real-time risk monitoring capability as part of its anti-money laundering software. AML checks are traditionally…

 

AuthID: quarterlies, annuals, regulatory actions

May 15, 2025 – Optimism is high at authID, where year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2025 looks much stronger as…

 

Next continues to make Aadhaar biometrics inroads with multi-million dollar deal

Next Biometrics has signed an agreement with India-based customer ACPL to supply it with between 55 million and 107 million…

 

US selfie biometrics test RIVR running, chance to dive in for track 2 coming soon

The due date for applications to the second track of the Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR) from the U.S. Department…

 

Intellicheck: quarterlies, annuals, SEC actions

May 14, 2025 – Intellicheck’s revenues from physical and digital identity validation continued their march forward in the fist quarter of…

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