MOSIP unveils agenda, biometrics partners converging on Morocco for Connect 2026
MOSIP Connect 2026 is less than a week away, and details are emerging about the digital ID event’s agenda and…
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.
Upgraded Idemia PS minidriver unifies ID credentials across Windows 11 ecosystem
Idemia Public Security has launched an upgraded Smart Credential Minidriver with full support for ARM64 devices in the Windows 11…
Partial tribunal victory allows Bunnings to keep facial recognition system
The Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has partially upheld a ruling by the Privacy Commissioner that major retail chain Bunnings…
Deepfakes detection increasingly vital to law enforcement, fraud defense alike
Law enforcement agencies around the world are grappling with deepfakes in several different areas of investigation. A post on Reality…
MOSIP updates Claim 169 for more inclusive, flexible digital IDs
MOSIP’s QR Code specification for digital identity interactions, Claim 169, has been updated to make it more inclusive and expanding…
Signicat integrates NFC identity document scanning with Zenoo orchestration platform
Signicat’s ReadID technology for identity verification based on NFC scans is now available on no-code customer onboarding and compliance orchestration…
John Howard reflects on DHS biometrics evaluations and the AI testing landscape
When John Howard began working for SAIC at the Maryland Test Facility, biometrics was an emerging technology supported by a…
Prominent former MdTF biometrics researcher launches AI test and audit company
Evaluating the performance of AI is clearly an area with major growth potential. A new entrant to the area, Sensus…
Northern Ireland studies live facial recognition use by UK police
Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based…
AI platforms flippant about stopping deepfake porn; authorities stepping in
Civitai is an online marketplace for AI-generated content, which has a ban on deepfake pornography but also sells files specifically…
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