SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer
India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and…
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Muslim-fearing nation and fearful Muslim nation rumored building biometric monitor network
Two of the world’s most rigidly authoritarian regimes have deep-seated problems with Islam and intend to erase their problems using…
The latest lesson on biometric data privacy could cost people’s lives
Two United States government documents about the use of biometric identification in occupied Afghanistan lack any mention of data security…
UAE launches new generation biometric passport, Afghanistan to up processing capacity
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently launched the third generation of its biometric passport, alongside a trial…
MOSIP’s growth examined as Asian digital identity schemes expand in reach, applications
A profile of MOSIP in the Economic Times says the open-source foundational ID system is now up to 71.7 million…
Afghanistan digital ID woes: applicants cry foul over delays as printing suspended
Applicants for the national digital ID card in Afghanistan could have to wait many more weeks before the credential is…
Pakistan installs biometric ID gates at Afghanistan border
The Pakistani government has installed biometric identity verification devices at the border with Afghanistan, according to the Business Recorder to…
Evidence of Taliban attempting biometric searches leaves data access unclear
The fall of Afghanistan back under Taliban control caused worries, among many others, that biometric data and the hardware to…
Afghanistan goes for biometric SIM registration to fight crime
The growing wave of crimes committed using mobile phones has pushed the government in Afghanistan to consider the registration and…
Pakistan government and UNHCR complete biometric registration drive for Afghan refugees
The United Nations is trumpeting the success of a drive to register refugees in Pakistan for biometric smartcards, which was…
