Drive for official UN International Identity Day launched at ID4Africa
ID4Africa, supported by Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), announced the launch of a petition to be presented to the…
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Neurotechnology identifies more than 6 million duplicate or inaccurate DRC voter records
More than five million duplicate voter registrations in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been identified by Neurotechnology in a…
Green Bit showcasing new faster, smaller products at ID4Africa
Green Bit is demonstrating several new live scan readers for law enforcement and civil ID applications at ID4Africa this week…
International identity community arrives in Abuja for ID4Africa 2018
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) welcomed delegates to the ID4Africa 2018 at a press conference Monday in the capital…
ID4Africa to launch new publication as a manual for identity management
ID4Africa will launch a new publication at the upcoming ID4Africa 2018 event in Abuja, Nigeria, April 24-26, to provide a…
Hong Kong professor develops authentication technique combining a password and lip motion recognition
A professor with Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has been awarded a Gold Medal with Congratulations of Jury at the…
Biometrics to soon enable paperless air travel in India, SITA executive says
Paperless air travel could soon be implemented in India, with 70 percent of passengers in India reporting they would definitely…
UK Home Office balks at complying with face image deletion order due to expense
Despite a six-year old High Court ruling that mass retention of facial images is unlawful, a committee of UK MPs…
Research shows human face recognition aided by speech movement
Cognitive psychologist and speech scientist Alexandra Jesse of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her undergraduate linguistics student Michael Bartoli…
Global unbanked population decreases with proliferation of biometrics and cell phones
The number of people around the world with bank accounts has increased by 7 percent from 2014 to 2017, reaching…
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