Next continues to make Aadhaar biometrics inroads with multi-million dollar deal
Next Biometrics has signed an agreement with India-based customer ACPL to supply it with between 55 million and 107 million…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
What is Aadhaar?
India introduced Aadhaar in a government initiative to provide Indians with a unique identification number. The purpose was to simplify…
Nametag integrates with Aadhaar, enabling selfie verification for 1B in India
Nametag has launched a major integration with Aadhaar, enabling the more than one billion users of India’s digital identity system…
India moves to require digital ID for farmer and food subsidies
India continues to introduce more stringent biometric-based identity verification requirements for receiving benefits and subsidies and inclusion into welfare programs….
Social buzzes with ChatGPT-generated passports and ID cards
A Polish engineer and investor raised eyebrows in the security industry this week by generating a fake passport using ChatGPT….
India launches Aadhaar app with face biometric authentication
India’s Union government has launched a beta test for a mobile application that has been designed to render the verification…
SecuGen brings advanced fingerprint biometrics to MOSIP ecosystem
Secure biometric scanners and flexible deployment options drew visitors to SecuGen’s booth at MOSIP Connect 2025, in Manila, Philippines. The…
Indian high court rules that biometric verification failure cannot deny legal rights
In India one of its high courts has ruled that biometric verification failure cannot be a reason to deny a…
DPI is the new ‘global tech bet’ and these are the five core motivations for adoption, researchers say
Digital public infrastructure is the new “global tech bet” — except everyone is betting on something different. That is according…
Aadhaar enables an ‘epidemic’ of IDs in India
The Aadhaar ecosystem continues to grow, but it’s not all good news. The proliferation of IDs like the “One Nation,…
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