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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.

 

Eftpos proposes digital ID for Australian government services and announces trial phase

Eftpos is angling to have its digital identity solution used to access government services, and has announced the technology will…

 

Experian exec on recognition gap, enterprise IAM progress and the biometrics layer

Physical biometrics are the most secure form of identity verification, 81 percent of consumers around the world say according to…

 

Edge facial recognition market to near $2.3B by 2025, while biometrics as a service grows to $3B

The privacy, bandwidth, and other potential benefits of performing facial recognition directly on edge computing devices will push the market…

 

UIDAI proposes public Aadhaar facial biometrics and temperature checks to boost containment efforts

Officials with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have suggested that camera networks performing facial recognition and temperature checks…

 

Amazon Alexa voice biometrics privacy lawsuit judge rules terms of service do not force arbitration

A federal judge has ruled that a biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon over children’s voice recordings does not need to…

 

India and Pakistan use national biometric systems to secure cash relief distribution

The Indian government’s Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) welfare program has released more than INRs 280 billion (roughly US$3.66…

 

AI computer vision and facial recognition pioneer and Nuggets COO each honored

A pioneer in facial biometric technology and artificial intelligence has been appointed as the new Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns…

 

Contactless biometrics and fever detection demand, digital ID credentials top industry news this week

The biometrics industry continues to adjust to the global lockdown with new offerings for fever detection, attempts to find early…

 

As governments leverage biometrics in COVID-19 responses, public and rights advocates ambivalent

Countries around the world are employing biometrics to help navigate the difficulties presented by the coronavirus pandemic and the social…

 

Duke researchers to collect biometrics from wearables in search for early COVID-19 detection method

Do smartphones and biometric wearables already contain the data we need to know if we have become infected with the…

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