Chile extends Idemia contract to supply and support digital ID documents by a year
A contract held by Idemia in Chile to help upgrade the country’s civil registry is being extended by a year,…
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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.
UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa
Civil registration and vital statistics systems are being gradually digitalized in African nations, and the pictures both of how they…
ID R&D explores risk and potential of generative AI in Biometric Update webinar
The same family of generative artificial intelligence tools that are used to create deepfakes can also be applied to the…
Designers take on facial recognition with adversarial fashion
Italian fashion designer Cap_able is the latest to claim that its use of adversarial images renders wearers of its clothes…
Uniqueness of fingerprints from birth explained in academic study
Definitive proof that fingerprints are a unique biometric at birth has been published by a team of academic researchers in…
Aratek fingerprint scanners reach huge national ID market with MOSIP certification
The A400 and A600 fingerprint scanners and sensor modules from Aratek have completed the MOSIP compliance program for biometric components,…
BIO-key signs up biometrics, IAM distribution partner and even more post-secondary schools
Global IT outsourcing provider Bravantic has signed a strategic distribution partnership with BIO-key to deliver the latter’s ‘Identity-Bound Biometrics’ and…
DHS Remote Identity Validation demonstration details revealed ahead of first deadline
The first deadline to participate in U.S. government testing of remote identity validation technologies is approaching, and the organizing agency…
UK government response to Biometrics Commissioner sidesteps tough questions
The UK government says that it will carefully consider any recommendations on the use of biometric shared by INTERPOL and…
Biometrics power major public, private sector digital ID projects
Biometrics are playing a prominent role in the passwordless movement, digital wallets and national ID programs making headlines this week….
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