Digital identity verification spending to pass $20B by 2027, but security challenges remain
Businesses around the world are spending $11.6 billion on digital identity verification this year, and that amount will nearly double…
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More schools think they see an answer to mass murders in biometric surveillance
Biometrics scanning is the newest technology employed in U.S. primary and secondary schools to prevent children from murdering others with…
mDL advances support digital government ecosystems in Kurdistan, Greece
New mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) have been launched in Kurdistan and surpassed 500,000 users in Greece. Each stands as an…
SiLC doubles its lidar range, could make face biometric matches farther away
A vision sensor startup claims its silicon photonics can see, identify and avoid objects more than a kilometer in the…
NtechLab considering Asia HQ in Thailand as Russian facial recognition continues selling abroad
Russian developers are still able to find potential buyers of their digital surveillance technologies abroad despite sanctions imposed by western…
Uganda launches probe after suspected stolen ID documents uncovered in swamp
Ugandan authorities have begun an investigation into how bundles of valid national ID cards, passports, car number plates and other…
Serbia, Kosovo reach reciprocal deal to accept ID cards as travel documents
A series of digital ID credentials issued around the world that people can use to cross borders are going through…
New biometrics products, IP and standards on the way
New standards related to biometrics and online transactions are coming from NIST, and are behind two of the week’s most-read…
Digi Yatra seeks to assure Indian air travelers their biometric data is safe
The biometric and biographic data collected from Indian air passengers by the Digi Yatra App is stored locally, and not…
Software startup in UK gets key certificate for digital ID and background checks
A UK compliance and biometric onboarding vendor has earned government certification to sell into the digital ID service market. Amiqus…
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