New ID verification and biometric technologies, partnerships, and coverage announced
Veridos is unveiling its SwipeUp ID, a new technology for authenticating the validity of identity documents, at the upcoming SecurityPrinters…
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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.
Facial recognition matches images reconstructed from MRIs with 83 percent accuracy
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found that they can identify people from MRI images used in brain research and…
U.S. Congressional rep calls for biometrics regulation as universal online identification considered
The U.S. Congressional representative for Silicon Valley is calling on the federal government to quickly work towards legislation to control…
Committee sends Australian government biometric plans back to be redrafted
Australia’s plans to leverage biometrics to authenticate users of government services has hit another setback, as the Joint Committee on…
Blink Identity CEO on preserving privacy in a facial recognition ticketing system
Blink Identity CEO and Co-founder Mary Haskett wants to reassure concert-goers that biometric ticketing systems do not have to be…
Chinese biometric surveillance technology deployed internationally amid criticism
Authorities in Bolivia have deployed 600 cameras with facial recognition, to go along with 2,000 units already in service, as…
Update to fix in-display fingerprint biometrics vulnerability on Samsung Galaxy devices rolled out
Samsung has issued a software update to address critical security issues with the in-display biometric fingerprint recognition function of its…
Hong Kong police facial recognition contract with iOmniscient reported by Bloomberg
As protests continue to be held in Hong Kong against recent government actions, Bloomberg reports that Sydney-based iOmniscient is supplying…
Amazon and Twitter take steps against deepfakes
The need to consider synthetic media and its dissemination over social media has been acknowledged by Twitter, which plans to…
Jumio recognized for biometric identity proofing and corroboration market position by Gartner
Gartner’s Market Guide for Identity Proofing and Corroboration has recognized Jumio as a ‘Representative Vendor’ for its biometric identity services…
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