Top biometrics and digital ID news stories of 2019: ramping up, investments and arguments
The spectacular growth of biometrics and digital identity drove the publication of more than 2,500 news items on Biometric Update…
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ID R&D announces high accuracy in NIST voice biometrics testing as survey shows deepfakes misunderstood
ID R&D has announced the accuracy results of its voice biometric technology in the 2019 Speaker Recognition Evaluation (SRE): Conversation…
Survey shows Chinese citizens fear biometric data leaks, deepfakes
Almost four out of five people in China (79 percent) fear biometric facial recognition data leaks and 65 percent are…
Government action, facial biometrics and industry responsibility top identity news of the week
Numerous announcements were made this week of biometric deployments and implementations, for airports, retail security, and national digital ID programs….
House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee
The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…
Deepfakes: Increasing fake news and identity theft in 2020
This is a guest post by Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic. Earlier this year, a video was published…
Senate deepfake bill introduced after House passes companion legislation
The bipartisan Senate version of legislation passed out of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in late September…
International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics – IWBF 2020
International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics – IWBF 2020 Will take place online April 29 – 30, 2020 The 2020…
Automotive biometrics and new facial recognition projects top most read identity news this week
Biometric facial recognition deployments for event security at the Olympics, law enforcement around the world, secure area access control and…
International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics seeks papers for conference presentation
The 2020 International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2020) has issued a call for research papers in the areas…
