UK Home Office to test remote fingerprint enrolment via smartphone for entry
A notice from the UK government says the Home Office will conduct trials of remote and in person biometric fingerprint…
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Biometrics’ promise of secure, frictionless access news to Delta stowaway
In what is being called a ‘gross failure’ of security, a stowaway was able to evade multiple security checkpoints to…
Biometric travel in the US has public support, needs unified standards
While the U.S. travel industry discusses how to alleviate lawmakers’s fears about airport biometrics, an airport in Naples starts facial…
Nigeria’s passport app with contactless biometric capture set for US, UK, Italy
Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and some of his collaborators recently held talks with officials in the UK to discuss…
Idemia, Secure Systems integrate SPAC protocol for high-security biometric access
Idemia Public Security has partnered with Secure Systems, a subsidiary of French construction engineering firm Vinci Energies, on a new…
Tech5 launches law enforcement biometrics software suite
A platform introduced by Tech5 brings the company’s face and fingerprint biometrics to a new market: police forces and law…
CSIR develops contactless fingerprint system for biometric identification of corpses
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a South Africa government-run research and development organization, has come up with…
SITA supplies face biometric systems for Thai airports’ One ID deployment
Air travelers in Thailand began using face biometrics systems from SITA to pass through various airport checkpoints instead of traditional…
Nigeria’s contactless biometric passport app launches
A contactless biometric capture system for Nigerian passport applicants initiated by the federal government has gone live for citizens residing…
More US airlines, airports moving toward biometrics for security, baggage
From Denver to Salt Lake City to Dubai, biometrics and digital ID are being activated to improve security and efficiency…
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