Passkeys mature to occupy critical role in authentication for digital ID systems
The passkey tipping point may be fast approaching. As the anointed successor to passwords, passkeys are seeing increased support from…
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NYPD faces federal lawsuit over alleged unconstitutional citywide surveillance
A new federal lawsuit accuses the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of operating an unconstitutional mass surveillance system that…
Discord partner’s manual age verification data breach includes selfies
The breach of thousands of Discord users’ data appears to be worse than initially reported, as details of the age…
Coordinated Australian digital ID, infrastructure strategy could deliver major savings
Digital ID could generate massive savings for Australia’s taxpayers, according to a former state government minister, but delivering on digital…
Microsoft introduces ZKPs with unlinkability to preserve digital ID privacy
Microsoft has introduced Crescent, its cryptographic privacy library to address the growing privacy challenge posed by digital identities. Electronic credentials…
Voice cloning tools give rise to cacophony of impersonation fraud
In the Hunger Games franchise, engineered mutant birds called jabberjays drive people to madness by mimicking the voices of their…
Security researchers find biometrics vulnerability in Windows Hello for Business
Organizations are increasingly turning to biometrics to secure their corporate networks and assets, but German cybersecurity researchers have found what…
New Microsoft benchmark for evaluating deepfake detection prioritizes breadth
Juan M. Lavista Ferres, corporate vice president and chief data scientist at Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, has announced the…
Video games need age assurance; k-ID and Microsoft offer good models: WEF
It is, in some sense, the elephant in the virtual living room, and definitely not as subject to interrogation as…
Facebook and its 3 billion users get passkeys, Microsoft deleting passwords
Facebook is introducing passkeys as the social media platform jumps on the passkeys wagon. While Facebook might have fallen out…
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- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
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