US air transport association renews contract to perform biometrics collection for TSA
The National Air Transportation Association – Compliance Services has signed on for another five-year partnership with the U.S. Transportation Security…
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ABIS contracts are swirling in Southeast Asia. NEC and Totm sign biometrics deals
A pair of biometric identification contracts in Southeast Asia have been signed, one in Indonesia by Totm and another in…
Aussie pols pushing against facial recognition in gambling rooms; industry favors it
An effort in Australia promoted as a new way to help gamblers who cannot stop themselves from wagering is not…
Even with tepid growth, passwordless authentication gets deployed in unproductive ways
A pair of vendor surveys just out offer little in the way of hope for rapid adoption of identity authentication…
NIST turns to the individual’s roles and responsibilities in digital ID guidance update
The biggest changes to the U.S. government’s guidance for digital identity programs largely focuses on the smaller component in the…
Surprises in China’s ongoing biometric surveillance of its Uyghurs
Chinese surveillance system maker Dahua is responding to an industry trade publication that allegedly found evidence Dahua systems are at…
Deepfakes are a) detectable b) cool c) not a worry
According to news from inside the AI community (or bubble, if you like), coders are taking the prospect of deepfake…
Korea’s out front with digital IDs, but national history could be decisive in success
There is more to the South Korean government’s apparent backing of a planned self-sovereign digital identity program than meets the…
APAC consolidation in biometrics: Totm picks up International Biometrics
The majority owner of software maker International Biometrics Indonesia is being purchased by Totm Technologies in Singapore. A contract for…
Imagine the Web pointed cameras back at you. That’s what the metaverse will be like
Fans or skeptics, people considering the metaverse seem to be realizing for the first time that some of their biometric…
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