New approaches to identity altering government operations to take the spotlight at ID4Africa 2020
Several large-scale identity projects have been launched in Africa over the past several years, and as many governments consider how…
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Australia to roll out digital IDs’ biometric features for public testing in 2020
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has announced the biometric component of its digital ID will be released for public testing…
Aadhaar’s architect discusses what went into world’s biggest biometric repository
“Open digital infrastructure has hugely helped societies access information, products, knowledge, and collaborate better with each other,” said Dr. Pramod…
Estonia’s platform seen as poster child for successful digital ID verification
Digital experts from 16 countries discussed digital ID verification platforms and their struggles at the Global Government Forum’s first Digital…
ICAO publishes Master List of digital certificates for biometric passport authentication
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has issued an online “Master List” of biometric passport authentication certificates to strengthen border…
Sovrin Foundation and IDnow explore digital ID specialties as new age verification service launched
The Sovrin Foundation says it is leading to world towards adoption of self-sovereign identity (SSI) to provide digital identities for…
Biometric facial verification to replace passwords and ID documents for online services in Singapore
Singapore’s planned national facial identification service will replace passwords and physical credentials with biometrics for a range of processes and…
Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: savings and costs in Nigeria, divisions in Tanzania, Ghana
Once again, Nigeria dominates the biometrics news agenda in Africa and this week; even a university has resorted to biometric…
Liveness detection, FIDO2 and RSA grab headlines but Idex Biometrics tops this week’s news
RSA Conference managed to go ahead this week, and grabbed a fair share of headlines, as did FIDO2 and passwordless…
Priorities of identity for development in Africa to be debated at ID4Africa 2020
Details on the agenda for the upcoming ID4Africa 2020 annual meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco are being shared in a series…
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