Arizona sheriff buys scanners from China firm sanctioned by feds
A Chinese biometrics company on a U.S. watch list reportedly won a $5 million no-bid contract to provide eight body…
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Dominican bill would modernize national ID, aid electoral reform
A proposal for national ID cards to be used during elections in the Commonwealth of Dominica has been included in…
Unleashing the power of liveness detection: A game-changer in the battle against deepfakes
By Vijay Balasubramaniyan, co-founder & CEO Pindrop The generative AI revolution is here. With its ability to augment human intelligence…
Wells Fargo accused of scam involving racketeering, synthetic identity fraud
Wells Fargo has been hit with a putative class action alleging that they worked with a credit reporting agency that…
Yoti and AVPA call for bias measurement in NIST age estimation assessments
The planned assessment of age estimation algorithms by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology should note the distribution…
Pakistan expands project for biometric identification of unidentified bodies and patients
After delays, the caretaker government in Punjab has collaborated with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the healthcare…
Fingerprint Cards locks in exclusive deal with BenjiLock
U.S.-based BenjiLock plans to incorporate Fingerprint Cards‘ biometric sensor, software and algorithm into its access security solutions. The two companies…
More security issues for Clear
Two previously unreported security breaches are raising new questions about the security of airport authentication firm Clear’s service. In both…
Google patents under-display camera for its Pixel smartphone
Google has filed a patent that describes a new under-display front-facing camera that could be used in its Pixel smartphone….
EMVCo sets MFA security guidelines with encouragement and cautions for biometrics use
Biometrics can help make multi-factor authentication used in payments resistant to attacks, but can also do the opposite if the…
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