Afghanistan hands out 10 million digital IDs in four years
Over 10 million digital ID cards have been distributed in Afghanistan in the last four years of Taliban rule. The…
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India notifies its sweeping Digital Personal Data Protection rules
India has officially notified its Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, as it moves to regulate the processing and…
Angola begins issuance of ID cards to newborns
Angolan authorities have announced a plan to strengthen birth registration and begin the issuance of national ID cards to newborns…
Nepal election commission integrates national ID biometrics
The Election Commission of Nepal is allowing citizens with a National Identity Card to register online without visiting election offices…
Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in…
New digital identity verification market report forecasts dramatic change and growth
The latest report from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence, the 2025 Digital Identity Verification Market Report & Buyers Guide, projects…
Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities
UK police authorities are expanding their live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance program, which uses cameras on top of vans to…
Biometrics ease airport and online journeys, national digital ID expansion
Biometrics advances are culminating in new kinds of experiences for crossing international borders and getting through online age gates in…
Agentic AI working groups ask what happens when we ‘give identity the power to act’
The pitch behind agentic AI is that large language models and algorithms can be harnessed to deploy bots on behalf…
Nothin’ like a G-Knot: finger vein crypto wallet mixes hard science with soft lines
Let’s be frank: most biometric security hardware is not especially handsome. Facial scanners and fingerprint readers tend to skew toward…
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