Amazon considers palm biometrics for touchless in-store payments, tests terminal transactions with Visa
Amazon is working on linking users’ hands to credit card information to enable palm biometric payments at checkout terminals, reports…
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Auto biometrics market projected for massive growth as industry players demo new technology
The global market for biometrics in automotive access applications, while still developing, will go through a massive growth period from…
Amazon files patent for touchless scanning system, Apple, Mad Systems patent biometric hailing/alert system, facial recognition locator
Amazon Go or Whole Foods shoppers may in the future be identified by their hands, according to a patent published…
Veridium to offer multi-factor biometric authentication through AWS Partner Network
Veridium has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN) as a Select Technology Partner to offer multi-factor biometric authentication to and…
Amazon argues Alexa terms of service undercut biometric privacy claims as BIPA defenses considered
The terms of service provided by Amazon for its voice assistant Alexa specify the company’s policies for use and storage…
New capabilities to compliment voice biometrics announced by Sensory, AWS, LumenVox
Sensory has announced support for multiple wake words among a set of new capabilities for its TrulyHandsfree offering, enabling custom…
AWS introduces innovative features for Alexa, Amazon Rekognition
Amazon Web Services has made Alexa Voice available on low-powered devices which previously did not have enough processing power to…
ForgeRock extends support for AWS to ease identity federation across different environments
ForgeRock is now offering expanded support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance businesses’ control over AWS resource access, the…
AWS sued under Illinois biometric privacy rules for providing third-party storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest biometrics vendor to be targeted by potential class action litigation under Illinois’ biometric…
Amazon calls for federal regulation of facial recognition and national data protection law
“Governments should work quickly to put in place a regulatory framework for facial recognition technology,” according to one of a…
