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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.

 

Idex Biometrics signs up Japanese payment card integrator, Zwipe inks manufacturer, issuer deals

A leading Japan-based global payment card integrator has selected the TrustedBio turnkey reference design from Idex Biometrics to work towards production…

 

KSV granted patent on voice biometrics in various recording conditions by USPTO

A patent filing from Kaizen Secure Voiz (KSV) has revealed the development of a system to build in tolerance for different…

 

Government-convened panel pitches strong collaboration to protect Canadian’s digital IDs

Canada is making fairly tentative advances in digital identity applications, according to a panel of experts, but it is well-positioned…

 

Former SIA board member Bob McKee named president of Suprema America

Suprema has appointed access control industry veteran Bob McKee as president of Suprema America to help position the company’s biometrics and…

 

Indian state court to consider unblocking biometrics to allow Aadhaar registration

The High Court of Assam, India in Gauhati will consider whether the biometrics of a father-son pair who petitioned the…

 

Samsung Galaxy biometric software hacked, overshadowing strong ultrasonic sensor performance

A hacker group has stolen biometric authentication algorithms from Samsung and leaked them, among roughly 200GB of compressed source code…

 

High volumes emerging from long-tail fingerprint biometrics projects

Fingerprint biometrics are prominent among the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, between an interview with Idex Biometrics,…

 

ID.me picks up Washington employment benefits contract amid heightened scrutiny

Washington’s Employment Security Department is about to be the latest state agency to deploy ID.me’s face biometrics and remote identity…

 

U.S. states follow BIPA with biometric data privacy proposals

Florida’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to establish a data privacy bill in the state with a right…

 

Alaska bill proposes repeal of Real ID to offer non-biometric driver’s licenses

Proposed legislation in Alaska would repeal the state’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the Tenth Amendment Center writes, setting up a…

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