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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.

 

Oz Forensics adds front-end customization features to biometric Web SDK

Oz Forensics has enhanced its Web SDK for face biometrics and liveness detection to allow customers to customize their customer…

 

China’s ‘Super’ SIM cards to serve as digital ID hard wallets

“Super” SIM cards that provide hardware digital wallet functions supporting central bank digital currency transactions and digital ID have been…

 

Digital wallet privacy, ecosystem roles draw the OIX spotlight

Digital wallets represent the next stage in the public adoption of digital IDs, according to the Open Identity Exchange. The…

 

ITL gets Swiss distributor for biometric age checks, joins vaping industry association

Innovative Technology Ltd. (ITL) biometric age verification and cash handling systems will be supplied to the Swiss market under a…

 

Civil society groups want broader restrictions on biometrics use in AI Act

More than 100 civil society groups and advocates have co-signed a letter calling on European Union lawmakers to restrict the…

 

AuthenticID, ROC.ai execs urge layered biometrics and lean into AI to counter fraud

Eliminate manual reviews of identity verification attempts and select experts in biometric fraud prevention to stay ahead of the threat…

 

Gambling operators turn to biometrics for age checks, regulatory compliance

London-based advisory and consultant Gambling IQ has highlighted biometrics and digital identity vendors that companies in the gambling industry can…

 

Proposal for Israeli police use of live public facial recognition goes before lawmakers

Israel’s government is moving forward with plans to deploy live facial recognition in public spaces for criminal investigations. The Times…

 

NEC infant fingerprinting system approaches move from vaccination delivery to legal ID

ID Day was held this past Saturday, September 16, in recognition of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16’s target 9;…

 

Nigeria celebrates ID Day with digital ID self-enrollment app launch

Nigeria launched a new app with contactless fingerprint biometrics to allow people to carry out self-service enrollment to the country’s…

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