iTrue platform combines blockchain and biometrics to improve user authentication
Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider iTrue Limited has developed a development platform with a built-in system for authentication with facial recognition as…
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Amazon facial recognition falsely matched 28 in Congress with mugshots in ACLU experiment
U.S. Congress includes 28 individuals matched to arrest photos by Amazon’s facial recognition technology, according to a blog post by…
Close to 20 million Aadhaar records could have mixed biometrics
Between 1 and 1.5 percent of all Aadhaar enrollments over the past seven years, or between 13 and 19 million,…
Big Brother Watch takes UK police to court over use of public facial recognition as trials continue
Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch has filed a legal challenge to the use of automatic facial recognition by UK…
B-Secur partners with Analog Devices to bring ECG biometrics to automotive market
Belfast-based biometrics company B-Secur and Analog Devices (ADI) have announced the joint development of an authentication solution to control automobile…
SensibleVision CEO George Brostoff criticizes Microsoft call for facial recognition regulation
The specific modality being used is not the most appropriate criteria for applying government regulation to biometrics, according to a…
Amazon to continue selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement
Amazon will not make any changes to the way it markets and provides facial recognition and other technologies to U.S….
Israeli media reports FST Biometrics is shutting down
FST Biometrics is shutting down after 11 years of providing facial recognition and behavioral biometrics, according to reports in a…
Critics charge Scottish Biometrics Commissioner will lack scope, enforcement power
Public interest advocates have criticized the Scottish government’s plans to create a Biometrics Commissioner, saying the position would hold less…
Herta finishes in top 3 at biometric technology rally hosted by Homeland Security and NIST
Herta has placed in the top three facial recognition vendors, with scores among the highest for efficiency, customer satisfaction, and…
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