Microsoft willing to extend Skype for Aadhaar authentication
Microsoft has presented various “case scenarios” to the Indian government on how Skype can be used for identity authentication using…
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Rawlson O’Neil King is a contributing editor at BiometricUpdate.com and is an experienced communications professional, management consultant, trade journalist and author who recently published a book about control and electronic networks and who has written numerous articles in trade publications and academic journals about smart home and building technologies. (He is currently on leave)
Indian government demands Apple, OEMs adopt Aadhaar for mobile devices
India’s government is demanding that Apple open up its mobile devices and operating system to accommodate its Aadhaar biometric database,…
Green Bit to showcase new biometric products at Global Identity Summit
Green Bit will introduce a new product family called DactyID along with its new fingerprint anti-spoofing software at the Global…
Local U.S. police use of “stop-and-spit” DNA collection unrestrained
According to an article published by ProPublica, over the last decade, collecting DNA from people who are not charged with,…
Developing countries demonstrate interest in Aadhaar model
According to a recent article published by the Economic Times, the World Bank has approached the Unique Identification Authority of…
New legal proceedings aimed at Aadhaar usage
India’s Supreme Court will hear new contempt proceedings against various federal departments and state governments that insist on the mandatory…
Allevate teams with Facewatch to provide Brazilian retail security offering
Allevate recently announced the launch of its “Face-Searcher service”, designed to enable both small and larger organizations to utilize facial…
Survey from Accenture examines perception of video analytics and facial recognition
Accenture’s Digital Pulse survey recently asked citizens to weigh in on the top-three ways that government can keep citizens safe…
World Economic Forum releases digital identity report
The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released a report on the importance of digital identity for financial institutions. The report,…
iCivil promises much needed birth registration in Africa
Despite continued efforts by governments and international organizations, approximately 230 million children under five have not had their births registered…
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