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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.

 

Three-quarters of APAC consumers more confident in banks with biometric online security

Banks that use physical or behavioral biometrics to secure digital channels inspire higher confidence in three-quarters of consumers in the…

 

Onfido biometric ID check revenues more than double year over year in announcement-filled Q1

Onfido has announced that revenue increased by 137 percent on a year-over-year basis in a busy first quarter of its…

 

GoTrust ID app users can now simulate USB FIDO Key with smartphone biometrics

GoTrust ID has developed software to enable smartphones to be used instead of a USB FIDO Key for FIDO 2-step…

 

U.S. judge rules Fourth and Fifth Amendments protect against forced biometric smartphone unlock

U.S. law enforcement cannot obtain a warrant to force an individual to unlock a smartphone with biometrics as doing so…

 

Biometrics Institute launches updated Privacy Guidelines to include GDPR and AI developments

The Biometrics Institute is observing Privacy Awareness Week by updating its Privacy Guidelines to provide universal direction on biometric privacy,…

 

Airports in Bahrain, India and Thailand deploying biometric systems as designers pitch new concept

Vision-Box will provide a biometric Automated Border Control platform for Bahrain International Airport in Muharraq’s new Passenger Terminal Building to…

 

Amazon patent filing describes computer vision parcel theft protection system for smart home devices

Amazon has invented a system for detecting and recording package theft and alerting homeowners, based on smart home devices such…

 

Myanmar provides ID cards to IDPs and seeks $104 million to implement biometric registration

The government of Myanmar is attempting to implement a scheme to provide national registration cards to residents of internally displaced…

 

Nominations now open for 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards

Nominations for the 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards are now open for nominees exemplifying outstanding contributions to the industry in…

 

Trulioo launches front-end integration tool for easy web identity verification

Trulioo demonstrated its new front-end tool for businesses to query its GlobalGateway API, EmbedID, at the recent FinovateSpring 2019 event…

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