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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.

 

FaceTec quarterly revenue up 106% y-o-y to close 2022

Revenues earned by FaceTec from its biometrics and liveness check technology more than doubled from the fourth quarter of last…

 

NEC and partners report early success with neonatal biometric vaccine management system

A biometric vaccination management program for newborn children has been jointly developed by NEC, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)…

 

Selfie matching for ID verification expands on Airbnb

One of the world’s largest online rental platforms is increasing its use of identity verification, which is sometimes but not…

 

Persistent phishing to push passkeys past passwords

The adoption of the FIDO Alliance’s passkeys by tech giants has pushed their support by user devices beyond three out…

 

Mantra unveils new optical FAP30 fingerprint scanner with liveness detection

Mantra Softech has developed a new optical FAP30 biometric fingerprint scanner, called the MELO31, to serve a wide range of…

 

Biometrics considered to answer tough policy questions as US rules settled

Biometric authentication systems are under attack by sophisticated hackers who target active liveness detection, the head of iProov told a…

 

Jumio boosts executive ranks, CAF names new chief

Jumio has announced two separate moves to support the company through a new growth stage. The first of them is…

 

Regula ID document template database grows as Innovatrics, ID R&D pitch strengths

Regula has increased the coverage of its ID document scanning, while Innovatrics says it can accurately extract data from one…

 

Oz Forensics pitches liveness detection to the channel with reseller program launch

Oz Forensics is offering its biometric liveness detection capability to prospective partners to enable them to take regional leadership in…

 

Patent awarded to ID R&D for securing voice interactions with biometrics and liveness

ID R&D has been granted a patent for a technology bringing continuous, multi-modal biometric authentication to chatbots and virtual assistants…

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