Combining face biometrics and passwords might improve identity verification
If passwords are of declining use for verifying one’s identity, and face scans look like their effective lifespans will be…
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Deepfakes were scoffed at last year; FBI issues a warning this year
Last spring, NATO gave itself a pep talk about the threat posed by deepfakes. They are no big deal, private…
New White House, same beef with China telecom and biometrics powerhouses
The Biden administration has reinforced a position held by its predecessor that products made by five Chinese telecom, surveillance and…
The Man’s still watching college kids, now with biometric surveillance — report
U.S. college and university campuses are as interested in biometric surveillance as any other public and private organization, according to…
Legal fight against Clearview AI’s facial recognition service grows
Demographic groups are joining states and nations in demanding that Clearview AI end its massive face-scraping biometric service. Two California…
COVID affected voice fraudsters, but it didn’t set them back
Overwhelmed interactive voice response systems last year forced fraudsters to be more efficient when trying to plunder companies, particularly financial…
Would you buy a used face-scraped dataset from Hoan Ton-That?
The only telling moment in a recent TV interview of face biometrics innovator Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That is when…
Fingerprint Cards turns to mirrors in a new biometric in-display sensor patent
Fingerprint Cards has received a U.S. patent for an optical biometric sensor with angled mirrors imbedded in an active portion…
Digital ID trust gets new focus in ID4D principles
World Bank Group officials have sharpened the principles underpinning their ID-for-all program, getting more explicit about the need to engender…
A good day for investing in digital identity management
A pair of enterprise digital identity firms seeking to dominate different aspects of their industry announced significant investments Wednesday. By…
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