Police app, robot cops and schools get facial biometrics, while NYC considers surveillance transparency
South Wales Police are planning to trial a smartphone app with biometric facial recognition from NEC with 50 officers to…
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UK Post Office offers digital identity services on government marketplace
The UK Post Office has joined the Government Digital Framework’s GCloud11 marketplace to offer a suite of online and in-person…
Microsoft contractor reveals Skype human annotation of user conversations
Microsoft contractors working on Skype’s translation function have been discovered to be listening to recordings of user conversations, in the…
Idex, Feitian partner on supply chain solution for biometric card manufacturers
Idex Biometrics has signed an agreement with Feitian Technologies to supply smart card manufacturers with a complete pre-lam inlay solution…
U.S. Real ID driver’s license implementations face problems ahead of October 2020 launch
The implementation of the U.S. government’s Real ID system, which is supposed to grant holders of the secure driver’s licenses…
Third-party audit shows no discrepancies in biometric remote voting with Voatz app
A third-party audit of voting using the biometric Voatz app for elections in Denver has been completed by the National…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric verification for Somali military pay, SIM registration in Tanzania
African biometric and digital ID issues continue apace both on and off the continent. In Somalia a scheme to use…
Mastercard involved in several new biometrics-backed payment systems
Mastercard has launched a mobile authentication solution featuring behavioral biometrics in India to increase security and reduce friction in e-commerce…
BioRugged expands biometric product line and international presence
After launching new FAP60 mobile terminals among with several products earlier this year, BioRugged is opening an office and assembly…
Fujitsu develops comparison of encrypted biometrics without loss of accuracy or speed
Fujitsu has developed a technology for processing encrypted biometric data without first decrypting it, which the company says has the…
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