Little overlap between NIST facial recognition testing leaders and U.S. government providers
Wired is asking “Why Chinese Companies Plug a U.S. Test for Facial Recognition” in an article highlighting the placement of…
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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.
Majority of financial institutions to invest in biometrics and other MFA tech in 2019
Nine out of ten financial institutions are falling behind in their ability to authenticate customers and step up security, and…
U.S. House subcommittee to discuss diversity and bias in tech industry
Diversity in the tech industry – or the relative lack of it – is being discussed in a hearing by…
Gov.UK digital ID service has fraction of intended users and verifies less than half successfully
The UK government’s National Audit Office has slammed the Gov.UK Verify authentication platform in a report, saying it will not…
Gurucul updates enterprise user behavior security platform for full stack analytics
Cybersecurity company Gurucul has announced the launch of a new version of enterprise Risk Analytics platform to extend behavior-based security…
Israeli government requests information for planned new National Biometric Laboratory
The Government of Israel is planning to establish a National Biometric Laboratory to support government missions by conducting tests of…
Google to argue online photo service is not subject to Illinois biometric privacy law
The use of facial recognition on photos of people, rather than the people themselves, is not covered by the Illinois…
Mastercard video demonstrates biometric cards as tool for government benefits distribution
A new video by Mastercard introduces its biometric card technology to the public, presenting it as a tool for government…
Constitutional rights group recommends laws limiting facial biometrics use by U.S. law enforcement
The Project on Government Oversight’s (POGO’s) Constitution Project has released a report on the potential impact of law enforcement using…
Patents acquired by Apple could be used for continuous biometric authentication
Intellectual property previously owned by shuttered home security camera company Lighthouse has been reassigned to Apple by the U.S. Patent…
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