Biometrics industry responds to mass enrollment challenges at ID4Africa exhibition
The exhibition hall at ID4Africa 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria featured a new event high of 113 companies providing a wide…
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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.
Report shows consumer comfort with biometrics increasing but uneven
A solid majority of U.S. consumers are very comfortable with fingerprint biometrics, but other modalities are only as comfortable for…
Facebook appeals class action certification of BIPA lawsuit
Facebook is appealing the decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Donato that complainants in a lawsuit filed against the…
UNHCR working with Ecuador to support issuance of biometrics-based ID cards to refugees
Ecuador’s government is providing its refugee population with Ecuadorian ID cards to facilitate access to jobs, banking, and other services…
NIST N2N Challenge shows progress towards operator-free rolled fingerprint enrollment
The assistance of a trained device operator may soon not be necessary for obtaining high-quality rolled fingerprints, due to improvements…
False positives draw criticism of Wales police facial recognition use as Scotland considers iris biometrics
South Wales police have admitted that of the 2,470 people identified as possible matches with criminals on file out of…
OpenMedReady framework to use fingerprint biometrics in remote patient monitoring
A collaborative effort by Arm, ForgeRock, Phillips, Qualcomm Life, and startups Sparsa and US TrustedCare to enable trustworthy data sourcing…
Ticketmaster to trial facial recognition for event access
Ticketmaster is planning to implement facial recognition technology for uses including admission to event venues, VentureBeat reports. Texas-based startup Blink…
Yoti and CitizenCard launch new UK ID card for young people
A new digital ID card is being launched by Yoti and CitizenCard in the UK to give young people a…
Danal announces new partnerships, adds strategic investor
Mobile identity company Danal has announced a pair of new partnerships, bringing its mobile phone identity and authentication platform to…
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