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Microsoft Biometrics News
Face biometrics, liveness capabilities launched by DocuSign, PresentID, Microsoft
The business uses for biometric identity verification continue to diversify, with executives pushing at the edges of what ID tools…
| Jul 25, 2023 | 1Password, Microsoft move to biometric authentication1Password and Microsoft are among vendors moving to passwordless login, switching to phishing-resistant biometric passkeys. In a blog post, 1Password… |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Passkeys advance with FIDO Alliance Guidelines, $3.5M for 0passIn an eventful week for the prospects of widespread passkey adoption, the FIDO Alliance has published new guidelines for enterprises,… |
| Jun 28, 2023 | It has been a bumpy ride of late in biometrics privacy and productsIt might be a slow start to summer for some business sectors in the U.S., but not for biometrics privacy…. |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Microsoft to pay $20M fine for collecting kids’ biometrics on XboxMicrosoft has been fined $20 million over allegations by U.S. regulators that they collected biometrics and other personal data from… |
| May 26, 2023 | Microsoft outlines approach to regulating risks of its biometric techMicrosoft has highlighted some of the risks of unpoliced biometric adoption, discussing some of the strategies it uses to manage… |
| May 5, 2023 | Having slayed Samsung in patent dispute, biometrics firm targets Google, MicrosoftA little-known company has filed two infringement lawsuits one each for Google and Microsoft claiming they stole intellectual property underlying… |
| Apr 13, 2023 | Clear biometrics, Microsoft Entra verifiable credentials integrated with LinkedInLinkedIn has announced the launch of a new partnership with Clear to provide free identity verification for nearly 200 million… |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Au10tix collaborates with Microsoft on reusable decentralized digital ID for enterprisesAu10tix is working with Microsoft on decentralized digital identity based on verifiable credentials to make ongoing ID verification, onboarding, workflow… |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Veriff settles BIPA claim for $4M; defendants reaching for victory strategiesDefendants in U.S. biometric privacy lawsuits will not like the analogy because of its implied inevitability, but the legal production… |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Potentially a big week for Microsoft’s AI aspirationsVall-e has chopped its learning time to 3 seconds, and Microsoft might be near big stake in Open AI. Microsoft… |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Amazon told to stay put in court; Microsoft might escape BIPA caseThere is greater clarity today regarding a key provision of the state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law, landmark legislation in… |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Microsoft can’t squeak out of BIPA case but could a university?With most personal injury lawsuits, the central questions are what did a party know and what should a party have… |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Microsoft and Yubico release 3 new Azure AD solutions to tackle enterprise phishingMicrosoft and Yubico have announced the release of three new sets of solutions to aid organizations in deploying Azure Active… |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Microsoft, Amazon granted summary judgement in biometric data privacy lawsuitsA Washington federal judge on Monday dismissed two putative class actions by Chicago residents Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk, accusing… |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Consumer privacy tension increases with voice and face biometrics cases across the USA couple of biometrics lawsuits filed recently accuse JPMorgan Chase Bank of breaking California privacy law by recording customers’ phone… |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Mixing synthetic, real faces make biometric recognition pretty goodA team dominated by Microsoft scientists has published research indicating that anyone scraping the internet for faces with which to… |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Entra Verified ID introduces DIDs and VCs to the Microsoft ecosystemMicrosoft’s new product, Entra Verified ID, introduces Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to the Microsoft ecosystem. DIDs are… |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Microsoft’s Horvitz says it will take more than code to deal with the deepfake threatIn a development that should surprise few in the facial recognition community, there is more unsettling news about how deepfakes… |
| Aug 30, 2022 | Berbix, restaurant chains and Microsoft can’t free themselves from BIPA casesAnother month, another batch of new BIPA lawsuits and court developments for the biometrics and privacy communities to pore over…. |
Microsoft Industry Insights
Entra Verified ID introduces DIDs and VCs to the Microsoft ecosystem
Microsoft’s new product, Entra Verified ID, introduces Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to the Microsoft ecosystem. DIDs are…
| Microsoft aims to kill the password | |
| Intel drops facial recognition from TV set-top box, and why cable needs to ‘get the net’ |
Brand Focus: Microsoft
Identification-as-a-service provides benefits, says MorphoTrak executive
Cloud computing provides many benefits including ease of use, time savings, security, convenience, versatility, and scalability. For these reasons, cloud…
