Facial recognition and authentication in retail: reduce waits, staff and maybe privacy
“Facial recognition technologies are the simplest way to dramatically reduce wait times,” writes the manager for biometrics at HID. While…
Articles By Frank Hersey
Frank Hersey is a London-based reporter and podcast producer for Biometric Update. He previously covered biometric and digital identity issues in Africa from Côte d’Ivoire. Before that he covered tech news in China from Beijing. He has worked for the BBC, RFI and France 24.
Double anonymity to bring age verification to porn and social media in France
“2023 will see the end of access to pornographic sites for our children,” said French Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot at…
$1M funding for homeland security tech, biometrics for US, Israel firms via BIRD Foundation
U.S. and Israeli firms pitching innovative solutions for homeland security (HLS), including biometrics, could receive funding of up to US$1…
Reveal kicks off body cam trials for football referees
For the first time in world football, the Football Association (FA) has confirmed that bodycams will be trialled by referees…
Scottish opposition presses to expand biometrics commissioner oversight role
All forms of biometric data collection and processing – whether by public or private organizations – should come under the…
Age verification for porn access supported across UK electorate, finds poll
A survey for right-leaning TV news channel GB News finds that 78 percent of the British public support age verification…
Facial recognition helps identify 144 children rescued from Turkey earthquake rubble
Facial recognition technology has so far helped identify 144 children rescued from the rubble of the earthquakes in south-eastern Turkey,…
EU US data flow agreement at risk as committee finds protections not equivalent
A committee of the European Parliament finds that the proposed Data Privacy Framework (DPF) for the flow of personal data…
MOSIP prepares to launch Inji digital wallet for all, identity verification tool
“I can design my own systems, I don’t need IIIT-Bangalore. That would be the success of this project,” says Prof…
How Nametag is providing reusable identity verification without apps or browsers
“Apple is very excited about what we’ve built on App Clips. There are very few companies using it,” says Aaron…
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