US law enforcement shows increased interest in biometric breathalyzer kiosks
This month, authorities in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, introduced an Automated Breathalyzer (AB) Kiosk with biometric security that can allegedly…
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Fortress Identity and Muxi develop ‘card non present’ payment solution with compound biometric security
US-based multi-factor authentication developer Fortress Identity has joined forces with Brazil’s electronic payment solution Muxi to incorporate compound biometric security…
Afghanistan biometric voting improved but imperfect
The people of Afghanistan have voted in Presidential elections using biometric voter authentication systems intended to prevent voter fraud and…
LG distributes G8s ThinQ smartphone with biometric sensors in India
LG has officially launched its G8S ThinQ with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 system-on-chip to the Indian market, an excellent competitor for…
New ZoOm update from FaceTec enhances biometric capture process
FaceTec has released a major update of its ZoOm biometric facial recognition and identity authentication software with new features to…
A third of European consumers want biometrics to speed up financial service onboarding
Financial service providers are not taking full enough advantage of biometrics to speed up onboarding processes, 34 percent of European…
Social inclusion and executive appointments lead this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
New image capturing technology for biometrics featured in Biometric Update’s two most frequently-read stories of the week in biometrics and…
Biometrics are in and anonymity out so fight for democratic rights, FedID keynote argues
Civil libertarians should not fear facial recognition and other biometrics, but the technologies must be correctly regulated to prevent negative…
Rights groups urge Scotland to grant Biometrics Commissioner broad oversight mandate
A coalition of rights advocacy groups has called on Scotland’s government to expand the scope of the proposed biometrics commissioner…
Vision-Box biometric departure smartgates deal with Australia extended to 2026
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs and Vision-Box have agreed to a five-year contract to extend the biometric SmartGates Departures Program…
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