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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.

 

Innovatrics scores high mark in latent fingerprint biometrics evaluation

Innovatrics has scored a new industry high mark for biometric accuracy in the NIST testing metric that is most important…

 

Problems in Argentina’s justice system exacerbated by public facial recognition: report

A data entry error in a database used for facial recognition in Argentina has highlighted problems with the country’s justice…

 

US pandemic fraud loss estimates keep rising as Congress dithers on digital identity

The wave of fraud suffered by the U.S. during the pandemic through unemployment insurance programs is even higher than previously…

 

Telekom subsidiary service to put German health card in digital wallet approved

A digital identity service for healthcare developed by T-Systems has been approved by Germany’s national agency for healthcare system digitalization,…

 

Philippines to examine biometric data quality, fast-track digital ID issuance

The poor quality of biometrics collected by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has put the rollout of the PhilSys ID…

 

Nigerian digital ID system wrestles with persistent corruption and delays

Authorities in Nigeria are urging people not to pay bribes to third-party service brokers or National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)…

 

Regula reports major client operational savings from travel ID document verification

Canada-based travel services company Sherpa has realized $200,000 in annual savings, 15 percent of its operational cost by adopting Regula’s…

 

US oversight body demands biometrics privacy, training upgrades at DHS, FBI

The U.S. Government Accountability Office wants federal agencies to work on protecting the privacy and civil liberties of Americans in…

 

Kenya approves Maisha Namba, plans launch this month with $6.8M budget

Lawmakers on Kenya’s Technical Committee of Principle Secretaries have approved four pieces of the country’s digital identity plan, and the…

 

Aware adds biometric capabilities, ease of use and development upgrades to platform

Aware has enhanced its face biometrics platform with a range of new functionalities and launched a new developer hub to…

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