Australia’s safety code for search tools takes effect, with age verification rules
Like its counterparts in the EU and UK, Australia’s digital regulator is beginning to formalize its online safety codes. The…
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Age verification coming to major video game mod site in EU, UK
Want to make sweet love to that frost giant who lives in the fjord? You may have to prove your…
Oloid expands market reach with Armatura partnership, gets DEA certification
Facial authentication provider Oloid has announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with biometric access control and identity management company Armatura. It…
Meta pushes common online age of majority in EU, Brazil cracks down on Instagram
Meta has published a statement in support of proposals to establish a common Digital Majority Age across EU member states,…
Grindr partners with Facetec for biometric age assurance in the UK
Online dating and hookup sites are moving to implement age assurance technology ahead of incoming regulations. The latest is Grindr,…
Google-Sparkasse partnership makes Google’s ZKP library open source
Google is embracing zero knowledge proofs (ZKP) for age verification, having this week announced a major partnership with Germany’s network…
Not so fast: driver monitoring systems put on biometric brakes for drunk drivers
Imagine, if you will, a 19th sequel in the Fast & the Furious franchise. Protagonist Dominic Toretto is angry at…
Enhanced Passenger Processing enters the fray at US airports
Air travel is so back. Numbers are up, and it’s the Fourth of July, when U.S. travelers take to the…
Video games need age assurance; k-ID and Microsoft offer good models: WEF
It is, in some sense, the elephant in the virtual living room, and definitely not as subject to interrogation as…
Legacy MFA from major airlines hacked, exposing reams of data
On these pages, “multifactor authentication” has begun to sound archaic, as biometrics, passkeys, proximity detection and other security tools offer…
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