Driving license biometrics could form pan European ‘perpetual police line-up’: Statewatch
Any holder of an EU driving license will have their details and biometric information and photograph added to a pan-EU…
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IRS drops biometric authentication requirement, prepares for Login.Gov after filing date
A new non-biometric authentication option for taxpayers signing up for IRS online accounts is now operational, announces the agency, following…
Sri Lankan government partners for biometric KYC, authentication
Seylan Bank has announced a partnership with the Department of Pensions of Sri Lanka which seeks to expedite the process…
Biometric passport availability updates: Dominica, New Zealand, Philippines, Rwanda, Barbados
Dominica has set August 30, 2022 as the deadline for all nationals to obtain the new biometric passport in replacement…
Neustar, LumenVox add voice biometrics to partners’ cloud computing platforms
Cloud service providers Altigen and Twilio have augmented their security options with biometric voice authentication offered by Neustar and LumenVox,…
Apple ditches fingerprint sensors on upcoming iPhones, pushes hard on Face ID through masks
Several published reports say that Apple has abandoned previously announced plans to fit an under-display fingerprint biometric scanner in the…
Beyond Identity raises $100M to expand passwordless authentication worldwide
New York-based Beyond Identity has raised $100 million in a fundraising round to grow its presence in the multi-factor authentication…
Biometrics implementations for public uses expanding in Nigeria
The use of biometrics in Nigeria, be it for the national digital ID scheme, civil service attendance and pension schemes,…
Authorization vendor research shows authorization is a top priority for big companies
Vendor-funded research indicates that large companies around the North Atlantic are evolving in how they view digital identity and access…
Erasing tattoos from photos via AI could aid facial recognition systems
Researchers from the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany have recently published a new paper detailing a method to…
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