New restrictions placed on facial recognition payments in Beijing to prevent coronavirus spread
China’s central bank is urging payment services organizations in Beijing to introduce measures to reduce chances for coronavirus infections, including…
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Ensurity Technologies adds FIDO2 biometric authentication to encrypted storage device
Ensurity Technologies has upgraded its encrypted storage solution with FIDO2 authentication to provide users with convenient and secure passwordless device…
Apple patent application for biometric authentication system to unlock multiple devices published
A patent application from Apple that describes a system to authenticate multiple user devices using authenticated device assisted user authentication…
Fashion and makeup designed to throw off biometric algorithms
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn believes creative cosmetics and facial make-up can “throw off many…
Mozilla white paper urges open approach to national biometric ID
The Mozilla Foundation has some strong opinions and recommendations for national biometric ID projects. The 36-page white paper, “From Openness…
Lawmakers need schooling on face recognition, say subject-matter experts
Governments around the world do not understand how biometric facial recognition works, and that is leading to ill-informed or needlessly…
Biometrics market reports: digital identity, smart tickets, computer vision and China
The market for digital identity solutions around the world will grow from $13.7 billion dollars in 2019 to $30.5 billion…
Smart-ID registration with remote biometrics launches with SK ID, iProov partnership
SK ID Solutions has announced facial biometric registration for Smart-ID accounts, combining smartphones’ NFC capabilities with biometric passports and identity…
buguroo’s behavioral biometrics tool closes 170 mule accounts in one month
buguroo has upgraded its bugFraud 4.0 solution that prevents banking fraud with a brand new capability, which leverages behavioral biometrics…
Zwipe and Thales earnings plus Goodix and Amazon in biometrics stocks news
Zwipe has reported revenues of NOK 1.5 million (US$160,000 ) in full-year 2019, as it switches to a focus on…
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