Facial biometrics in New York state schools blocked as legislature passes 2-year moratorium
A moratorium has been placed on the use of facial recognition and other biometrics in New York schools until 2022…
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Most secrecy about biometric surveillance of Covid-19 is harmful
Warnings about how biometric surveillance tools are being used to suppress transmission of Covid-19 continue to mount. A recent paper…
Aryballe gets more funding for edge devices that can ‘smell’: Will digital olfaction finally pass the sniff test?
Grenoble, France-based Aryballe has a different take on edge computing devices – their sensors can smell, in a manner of…
NEC partners with SITA for touchless airport biometrics, celebrates 121 years of innovation
NEC Corporation and SITA have entered a global agreement to roll out a walk-through, contactless digital identity solution for airports…
Congress pushes back on White House stonewalling about biometric spying on protesters
The White House and House of Representatives are digging in for a lengthy fight over the legitimacy of digital surveillance…
Apple patent leverages face vein matching for improved Face ID biometric authentication
Apple has received 50 new U.S. patents, including one for an advanced Face ID feature called “Evil Twin Proof,” which…
Unisys updates biometric identity management tools for multi-channel authentication
Unisys has released updated versions of its biometric identity management systems Unisys Stealth(identity) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) 2.0 and Stealth(identity) 2.7 for frictionless authentication…
Fortress Identity adds passive facial liveness for biometric verification, authentication
Fortress Identity has upgraded its digital ID verification and biometric authentication-as-a-service with passive facial liveness, the company announced. Liveness detection…
SecuGen biometric fingerprint module integrated in Simprints’ Vero 2.0 scanner
SecuGen announced today that its biometric fingerprint module is integrated in Simprints’ Vero 2.0 scanner which was released earlier this…
HID Global expands mobile biometrics platform availability for police, military
HID Global has expanded the platform availability of its mobile biometric identity verification technology for law enforcement and military units…
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