USCIS explores remote identity verification for immigration services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) from industry on remote document authentication and identity…
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AWS maps out ‘practical digital sovereignty’ as global debate intensifies
Digital identity sovereignty is a complex issue with a variety of answers. Practical concerns around security and cost — and…
Who holds the keys to digital sovereignty? It might not be who you think
As governments think more about digital identity as a pillar of digital public infrastructure, and therefore a matter of vital…
Ring expands ‘Search Party’ function from lost dogs to broader surveillance
The Ring home security ecosystem is at the center of a privacy and surveillance debate after internal communications, a controversial…
Ring Super Bowl ad sparks backlash over AI camera surveillance
A Super Bowl commercial for Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera triggered swift backlash, with critics arguing that the company used an…
GBG chooses AWS to host digital ID cloud, LexisNexis builds its own APAC datacenter
Demand for digital identity solutions is growing worldwide. Service providers meanwhile are selecting different paths in how they build and…
UK claims of digital ID cloud security likely come down to encryption, not location
A UK junior minister is holding up data residency as a factor in keeping digital identity information private and secure,…
The fight over Ring’s new facial recognition feature
The growing pushback against the use of facial recognition in consumer surveillance devices has sharpened considerably with Amazon Ring’s plan…
US lawmaker presses Amazon to drop facial recognition plan for Ring
Senator Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is urging Amazon to…
Ring’s partnership with Flock raises privacy alarms
Amazon’s home-security subsidiary Ring is joining forces with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of automated license-plate readers (ALPR) and networked…
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