Digital rights group warns against normalizing and committing to facial biometrics to stem pandemic
Massive investments in facial biometrics capabilities and infrastructure to screen individuals and stop the spread of the coronavirus cannot be…
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Biometric checks and facial recognition payments to support social distancing, fight spread of covid-19
(Image of Ver-ID courtesy of Applied Recognition) Face biometrics continue to be implemented around the world to support social distancing…
Speech Technology Center updates facial recognition for optimal identification of masked faces
Speech Technology Center (SPC) has updated the Smart Tracker FRS biometric system to identify people with masked faces for applications…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: SIM cards reactivated, refugee privacy concerns and coronavirus
The spread of the coronavirus on the continent sees more impact on biometric services. This week we have summarized the…
Biometrics providers offer solutions for health concerns during and after crisis
The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on biometric identification systems are just beginning to be felt. While many implementations may…
Milestone integrates Captis database of 30M mugshots for facial recognition video investigations
A new plugin application for instantly identifying individuals in video streams within second with a single click has been launched…
Bio-key tech used to enroll fingerprint biometrics of more than 9M customers of South African bank
South Africa’s Capitec Bank Holding Company has enrolled more than 9 million customers with its in-branch biometric client identification system…
Herta upgrades biometric facial recognition to work with facemasks
Herta has upgraded its facial recognition algorithm to identify people wearing masks, the company announced in response to the global…
Russia to expand use of biometrics to identify foreign citizens and immigrants seeking work
The Russian government said it intends to make increased use of biometric data when identifying foreign citizens, according to proposals…
Integrated Biometrics fingerprint scanner featured in multi-modal blockchain identity kiosk
The FBI-certified Kojak fingerprint scanner from Integrated Biometrics has been deployed into a new multi-modal biometric “Identity ATM” kiosk from…
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