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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.

 

NextGate argues for patient matching technology to promote healthcare interoperability

NextGate has submitted its views on patient matching for proposed rules to promote interoperability to the Centers for Medicare and…

 

DPS rolls out encrypted photo service in Ireland for online biometric passport renewals

Biometric photo ID company DPS has rolled out an encrypted photo ID technology across Ireland in partnership with the Irish…

 

Digital identity and document verification market to generate $15 billion by 2024

Improvements in facial biometrics and document verification based on machine learning and artificial intelligence plus access to a range of…

 

Blue Line awarded patent for real-time biometric facial detection and recognition

Blue Line Technology has been awarded a patent for real-time facial detection and biometric recognition which analyzes portions of an…

 

Facial recognition controversies draw increasing attention

Controversy continues to swirl around biometric facial recognition, with U.S. House Committee hearings, legal challenges, and new revelations about who…

 

Onfido biometrics tapped for Checkr combined ID verification and background check service

Background check provider Checkr has developed a new unified identity verification and background check solution with integrated ID document verification…

 

U.S. DoD testing multi-factor biometric systems for continuous authentication

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is currently testing two prototype biometric systems, each with about 50 devices, as it…

 

Samsung researchers develop method of creating deepfakes from minimal source data

Samsung has developed an artificial intelligence system for creating deepfake video from as little source data as one image, CNET…

 

Online identity checks criticized as UK trials government services access system

The UK’s incoming “porn block” is a test of a system of digital identity checks which could soon restrict everything…

 

ID document stakeholders call for digital identity standards as Mastercard and Samsung team up

Mastercard and Samsung Electronics are collaborating to develop a way for digital identity to be conveniently and securely verified on…

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