Germany considers allowing face biometric web searches by police, watchdog critical
An expert report commissioned by AlgorithmWatch, a European digital rights organization, has pointed out the technical and legal issues with…
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Germany pushes passkey adoption, releases draft technical guidelines
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is asking for public comment on a draft document that outlines technical considerations…
Lawsuit alleges German police misusing facial recognition images for system tests
An IT security professional in Germany is suing the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics…
Hasty government digitalization makes democracies more vulnerable, says researcher
Does the digital transformation of the state make a democracy more vulnerable to illiberal developments, autocratic forces, or concentrations of…
Nein telefon heim: Germany aims to quell fears about server retrieval in EUDI wallet
The “phone home” debate over digital identity systems that could use server retrieval continues, as Germany’s government faces questions about…
Germany’s BundID gets 2 million logins per month
Germany’s BundID is gaining activity as Germans increase their usage, but the total number of accounts on the system has…
German police union calls for introducing facial recognition as Bundesliga kicks off
As the German Bundesliga football competition kicked off last Friday, the German police trade union called for increased use of…
Complex activation, few uses hold back digital ID adoption in Germany: research
Only 35 percent of adult Germans have activated their electronic identity, despite the country offering eID functionality since 2010, according…
Estonia has many digital service delivery lessons for Germany, says former govt CIO
Estonia has many lessons for countries such as Germany when it comes to introducing digital services. While 90 percent of…
World pauses German operations for Orb update amid regulatory faceoff
World is facing a potential cease-and-desist order in the Philippines, and has put its iris scanning stations on hold in…
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