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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.

 

Trust Stamp launches biometric privacy-preserving location tracking, Tech5 and iComply offer remote ID support

A new tool to provide biometric privacy-protecting location-tracking has been launched by Trust Stamp, leveraging the company’s core technology with…

 

Trustonic, OneSpan, Nivo, IDYou, Huawei implement biometrics to secure bank and mortgage apps

Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank now offers fingerprint or facial biometrics for a simpler authentication experience through a successful implementation of…

 

Idemia iris recognition algorithm tops leaderboard in NIST biometric accuracy testing

Iris biometric algorithms from Idemia has been placed atop the leaderboard for the latest version of the IREX 10: Identification…

 

Google sued for allegedly violating children’s biometric privacy with classroom tools

A lawsuit has been brought against Google by a pair of children from Illinois alleging the tech giant collected biometric…

 

Biometrics for online security, access control, pandemic impact top digital identity news of the week

Demand for biometric technology seems to be receiving a boost from the sudden need to conduct as much business as…

 

Biometrics research briefs: touchless sensing and gesture, security screening and image recognition

Touchless biometrics will be among major drivers pushing the touchless sensing market to grow from $6.8 billion this year to…

 

Apple patents biometric monitoring and signature technology, proposes Face ID device orientation

The technology powering biometric facial recognition in Apple devices could also help iPhone and iPads orient the display to the…

 

Rights advocates say time limits necessary for outbreak surveillance measures, facial biometrics less so

Governments are increasingly turning to facial biometrics and other advanced technologies to slow the spread of coronavirus, but United Nations…

 

Guinea updates voter roll with Innovatrics biometrics in just six months

A biometric electoral register has been deployed for upcoming Guinea parliamentary elections with Innovatrics technology and support applied to meet…

 

UK health service to launch digital “passport” to aid worker flexibility during pandemic response

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is about to roll out new digital “passports” to act as a digital ID…

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