No Phone Home campaign waves red flag over server retrieval for digital ID
Anonymous identity verification isn’t actually anonymous if it has to “phone home” to the original issuer to verify a submitted…
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Canada considers age assurance legislation to match UK, EU
A new bill that would require porn sites to implement age assurance technology has been introduced into Canadian Parliament. The…
Face liveness detection mandatory for new Tinder users in California, Canada
New Tinder users in California are now required to provide face biometrics through a video selfie on setting up an…
Gamma UK DIATF goes live, formalizing Digital Verification Service
The UK government has published the final version of its “gamma” UK digital identity and attributes trust framework (DIATF). The…
NIST update to 800-53 with focus on AI risks coming within a year
Typically, tech moves at the speed of money, while standards take the long, slow road to formalization. But new guidance…
AI agents present a big threat, for now – but could fizzle
The thing about a trend is, sometimes it’s over even before it’s begun. Two dueling headlines illustrate the point: the…
SCOTUS rules to uphold Texas age verification law in high-profile case
In the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court has ruled 6-3 in favor…
Pindrop collaboration allows Nvidia to rein in zero-shot cloning feature
Pindrop has announced a collaboration with Nvidia, to “advance defenses against unauthorized synthetic speech in support of building safe, robust,…
Should the EU put a pause on rolling out the AI Act?
As AI regulations come to the EU, a long and arduous push is hitting the breaker wall of political trepidation….
Promise from major porn sites to implement age verification a win for Ofcom
In the heated match between the UK’s online regulator and adult websites objecting to age verification rules, the advantage has…
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