Facebook joins ID2020, fined $5.5M for facial recognition violations by South Korea
Facebook is the latest company to join ID2020 to contribute to its efforts pioneering user-managed, privacy-protecting digital ID. According to a…
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Kantara lays out trust-building recommendations for mDLs
A global digital ID association has published steps vendors and others need to take in order to build effective mobile…
Records request finds U.S. states mild about Apple mobile driver’s licenses
In an example of just how charmed Apple is with its own genius, its executives decided the United States wanted…
World Bank official proposes digital identity steps to drive inclusion in West, Central Africa
The World Bank Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Ousmane Diagana, says the continent has strong digital growth potential,…
PhilSys to launch mobile version of biometric PhilID card
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has announced that it is working to launch the mobile version of the biometric Philippine…
The PKI and device authentication fallacy
By Jay Meier, SVP North American Operations at FaceTec According to Verizon’s annual 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, weak user…
Online digital ID advances with 2M Nigerian voters registered
Nigeria’s Independent electoral commission (INEC) has announced that more than two million new potential voters have already completed the online…
Pakistan secures family trees, IDs foreign residents, prepares for electronic voting
A series of developments in Pakistan span a new digital ID card verification system; a way for people to check…
Samsung smartphones and OpenTable prepare for COVID health passes
Samsung and the Commons Project Foundation are collaborating to make SMART Health Cards available within in Samsun Pay digital wallets…
UK Post Office moves into digital ID space with biometric app developed by Yoti
10,500 of the 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK now allow people to pick up parcels using the biometric…
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