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iProov explains “selfie anxiety” and unique line drawing interface for biometric Genuine Presence Assurance

Biometric selfies are not part of iProov’s Genuine Presence Assurance, according to a company blog post, and instead its facial…

 

Digital ID moving forward in Barbados as UK, Australia and Sri Lanka consider next steps

Digital identity, usually backed by biometrics, is currently a hot topic in several countries around the world. Governments in Australia…

 

Jumio argues for SDK-based biometrics over APIs and web apps for online identity verification

The ability to leverage the built-in features of smartphones for better automatic document capturing is a major benefit to performing…

 

ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing

The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…

 

Kneron debuts new chips; affordable devices to get edge AI and biometrics baked in

San Diego-based Kneron, a developer of AI algorithms and AI-optimized processor designs for use in edge devices such as biometric surveillance…

 

Indian government urged to listen to more voices on data protection, ministry requests surveillance funds

India’s government is considering legislation for protecting personal data, including biometric information, but a civil society group says its consultations…

 

Biometrics to help reduce fraud and inefficiency in African public sector budgets, back digital ID in Togo

Southern African neighbors Zimbabwe and Zambia are considering ways to use biometrics to protect government budgets. The former is reducing…

 

Biometric airport checks, border security and digital ID for travel increasing around the world

Biometrics for travel documents, airport processes and border security made up four of the top ten news items in the…

 

Facial recognition audit shows U.S. Customs has some privacy and notification work to do

A government performance audit looking into the use of biometric facial recognition by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency…

 

AnyVision raises $43M to scale touchless biometric access control, remote authentication technology

AnyVision has secured $43 million in funding that will be spent on further scaling its touchless biometric access control and…

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