Poll shows broad support for passwordless authentication but risks fly under the radar
Passwordless authentication is a “viable concept” for more than half (54 percent) of cybersecurity experts while 79 percent agree that…
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Indian central bank to pilot open banking platform using Aadhaar KYC
India’s central bank is planning a pilot program for a digital platform intended to extend the country’s digital public infrastructure…
New Apple patents for emotion recognition and MacBook face authentication
Apple may be inching closer to including Face ID biometrics in its MacBook laptops, based on a newly granted patent….
UK biometrics ethics group seeks new advisors
The UK government is recruiting new advisors for its Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group (BFEG) which provides recommendations on handling…
Reproductive clinic uses face biometrics for donor matching
Third-party reproduction clinic Lucina Egg Bank recently announced the introduction of Lucina ReflEggction, a platform that uses face biometrics to…
Will digital IDs transform age verification as we know it?
By John Cullen, Strategic Marketing Director Digital Identity at Thales There are countless reasons why we would have to prove our…
Tanzania president demands faster digital ID harmonization, online service delivery
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the ministries of Home Affairs and Information, Communications and IT to fast-track digitizing government…
Idemia lobbies TSA over Clear identity checks amid airport market share competition
Digital identity giant Idemia, which provides biometric devices used in background checks for TSA PreChecks as well as supplies the…
US lower house committee wants investment in some Chinese biometrics firms cut off
Only a few years ago, mentioning China brought smiles to American technology investors and manufacturers. U.S. politicians couldn’t rewrite laws…
Some black among the red in second-quarter financials for biometrics firms
The biometric ID sector in the second quarter, ended June 30, continued to bump along, trying to find its footing….
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