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Articles By Masha Borak

Masha Borak is a technology journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired, Business Insider, Rest of World, and other media outlets. Previously she reported for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Reach out to her at masha@biometricupdate.com.

 

Nuggets launches new AI agent authentication products

As more organizations find ways to integrate artificial intelligence into their work, identity companies are working on building authentication infrastructure…

 

New Zealand’s Foodstuff defends its use of facial recognition

Consumer and civil rights groups are questioning the results of a facial recognition trial conducted by New Zealand’s supermarket chain…

 

JP Morgan publishes white paper on KYC in tokenized asset markets

Global financial companies have been betting on the asset tokenization market to reshape global financial markets. But expanding the tokenized…

 

China’s online ID system may not be so bad, says analysis

China’s efforts to introduce a national online ID system have been stoking fears that the Communist Party is introducing yet…

 

UK policing minister kicks off debate on live facial recognition

UK policing minister Diana Johnston has announced that the current Labor government will hold a series of discussions on police…

 

UK’s ETA border scheme attracts criticism

The UK is planning to fully roll out its biometric-based travel permission scheme, the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) by April…

 

UK launching digital Veteran Card, more lawmakers say ID ‘inevitable’

The UK will enable approximately 250,000 veterans to access digital Veteran Cards on their smartphones starting next year, the government…

 

Ireland considers adding drug trafficking to police FRT use cases

Ireland is hoping to use facial recognition in fighting drug trafficking networks. Minister of Justice Helen McEntee presented a new…

 

Belgian watchdog ruling on consent sets employee biometrics use against GDPR

A Belgian company has been fined 45,000 euros (US$48,185) for using a fingerprint-based employee time tracking system with the country’s…

 

Frontex ignores rights impact in border biometrics forecast, paper claims

Frontex’s seminal research on the most promising biometric technologies in border control during the next 20 years has a major…

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