FBI will continue to spend billions on biometrics
The adoption of new technologies such as facial recognition and multi-modal biometrics by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation should…
Industry Insights: Guest Posts
Biometric Update Guest Posts features biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives on products, services and the future of biometrics.
Biometrics beneficial to banking sector
The banking industry has used authentication measures for clients to access their accounts and other banking services, which includes PINs,…
The Trouble with TrapWire
Over the past week, the press and the Twitterverse has been running rampant with stories about TrapWire, the counter-terrorism technology…
Israeli jurists right to call biometric database “extreme” and “harmful”
Last week, the Israeli High Court of Justice held a hearing on a petition seeking the annulment of a law…
Governments need to work on passport, National ID reliability
No two persons are alike. This fact has long been established through extensive biometric research and study. For this reason,…
Barcodes to authenticate quality of food, medicine
In 2003, researchers at the University of Guelph proposed “DNA barcoding” as a way to identify different animal, fish and…
God particle to benefit humankind and biometrics
This week, a fundamental base component of the universe was found. Physicists working at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the world’s…
Rapid DNA quickly becoming reality
DNA analysis is universally acknowledged as a significant tool for fighting crime and is the only biometric that contains specific…
Biometrics will Challenge the Security and Privacy of Social Networking
Privacy protection will become increasingly critical once biometrics are integrated into personal computing profiles. Currently, biometrics are mostly the domain…
