Avast stakes SSI position with Evernym acquisition
Consumer cybersecurity giant Avast is acquiring self-sovereign identity pioneer Evernym, and plans to integrate its user-controlled digital identity technology and…
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US to blacklist SenseTime in time for Hong Kong IPO
The U.S. Treasury is to place Chinese artificial intelligence and biometrics firm SenseTime on the “Chinese military-industrial complex companies” blacklist…
New law enforcement biometrics deal signals ImageWare’s fresh direction, execs say
King County, Washington has selected ImageWare to provide an as-yet unreleased biometrics module for its 700 officers in a $1.5…
Police biometrics, surveillance ‘too complex’ to treat as data processing: UK commissioners
A letter from the UK’s biometrics and surveillance camera commissioners which lodges their warnings that police use of biometrics is…
Hiding from AI might not work, but the attempts are at least entertaining
Researchers continue to seek ways to defeat biometric surveillance in public and semi-public places. Unfortunately, each idea involves costumes that…
Mastercard launches biometric credit card in Jordan with Thales, FPC technology
Mastercard has partnered with Jordan Kuwait Bank to launch Jordan’s first biometric payment card and the first World Elite brand card…
European Commission suggests adding facial recognition to EU-wide police database
The European Commission has put forward plans for EU police to work together more efficiently in order to fight criminal…
Passbase raises $13.5M to improve digital ID security for cryptocurrency
Passbase has announced a $10 million Series A funding round, as well as unveiling a previously unannounced $3.5 million Seed-2…
Herta adds real-time dashboard to video retail analytics
Herta Security has updated its BioMarketing video analysis solution to introduce a control panel to deliver information about the behavior…
Crunch time for user-centric digital identity with DID spec fight
‘Identity Woman’ Kaliya Young is optimistic about the near future of user-controlled digital identity, perhaps in the form of self-sovereign…
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