‘Master faces’ make authentication ‘extremely vulnerable’ — researchers
Ever thought you were being gaslighted by industry claims that facial recognition on its own is trustworthy for authentication and…
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NIST testing suggests best face biometrics algorithms for flight boarding already meet accuracy goal
Some vendors already meet the U.S. governments standards for facial recognition accuracy in relatively challenging biometric airplane-boarding scenarios across all…
Police, border guards’ face-matching test updated for first time in a decade
A human examiner face matching test, (GFMT2) used to select staff for police and government roles has been updated for the…
Cruise lines using BriefCam’s facial recognition for COVID-19 contact tracing
Cruise ships operated by Celebrity and Royal Caribbean have integrated BriefCam video analytics with facial recognition into their existing security systems…
US Coast Guard starts tender process for remote biometrics capability
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a ‘sources sought’ tender for a ‘Biometrics at Sea System’ (BASS)…
Aware and Iris ID partner to bring FBI iris biometrics to state and local agencies
Aware and Iris ID have partnered to expand the biometric identification capabilities of state and local agencies across the U.S. for criminal…
Corsight update promises ‘high-speed, real-time’ facial recognition, multi-channel processing
Corsight AI has upgraded its flagship biometric software for faster facial recognition processing in real-time implementations, enabling searches of databases…
NtechLab scores highest biometric matching accuracy rates in three NIST test categories
NtechLab is trumpeting its success in the recent Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) from the U.S. National Institute of Standards…
Innovatrics update improves biometric matching accuracy for children’s fingerprints
Innovatrics has announced the availability of a new algorithm aimed at closing the accuracy gap in fingerprint biometric matching between…
Biometric privacy and security with no tradeoff: a modest proposal from Anonybit’s Frances Zelazny
There are two traditional problems in biometrics privacy, one of which has a traditional answer, and the other of which…
