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Articles By Joel R. McConvey

Joel McConvey is a creative content producer and digital specialist who helps people and organizations tell their story across platforms, and meet the challenges of a digital culture that changes quickly and often. Reach him on Twitter @jrmcconvey.

 

Russian migration policy seeks biometrics from foreigners and citizens living abroad

Russia is planning to make consular registration mandatory for citizens living abroad, and to collect biometric data from foreigners entering…

 

Keyless claims first as split biometric hashing wins international patent

International companies including Keyless, Smart Engines and Trust Stamp, and academic researchers are securing patents for a host of AI-based…

 

Qualcomm builds smart car biometrics system, partners with Daon on insurance

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is collaborating with Salesforce to connect its Snapdragon Digital Chassis to Salesforce Automotive Cloud, for a new…

 

India govt blocks plans to procure facial recognition, drones to monitor election

A request by the government of India’s National Informatics Centre (NIC) to acquire surveillance technology including drones and biometrics for…

 

Expertum’s SaaS face biometrics engine posts near-perfect accuracy

Cyprus-based Expertum, an AI-based facial recognition firm, says its Face.Match.Expert cloud search engine system delivers accurate face biometrics 99.98 percent…

 

Age verification laws in the UK and US reassessed

While lawmakers around the world remind us to think of the children, digital identity watchdogs and citizen groups say restrictive…

 

Fingerprint biometrics get a 3D upgrade from digital holographic imaging

At a microscopic level, a fingerprint is like a mountain range; so is its forensic biometric mark, which is made…

 

No secrets or stored credentials with Badge’s new authentication system

Badge Inc., a digital privacy firm founded by MIT cryptographers, is celebrating the launch of its patented authentication software, which…

 

Ireland moving steadily on digital initiatives with 2.3M verified MyGovID accounts

Ireland is making good progress on digital transformation, according to the 2023 progress report on the implementation of the Digital…

 

Biometrics could be a fix for the growing headache of synthetic ID fraud

Biometrics and digital ID firms are responding to a significant uptick in synthetic identity fraud, which uses generative AI and…

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