Serb biometric surveillance raising alarms; Chinese systems play into regional insecurities
A small online publisher in far southern Europe reports that individual privacy rights are being ignored in Serbia as advanced…
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U.S. bans business deals with leading Chinese biometrics providers
Tensions generated by COVID-19, China’s actions in Hong Kong and an extensive trade war have led to the U.S. government’s…
Biometrics emerges as key mobile payments trend, Huawei launches digital wallet for retail POS sales in Thailand
Mobile POS systems will be used by 23 percent of people globally by 2024, with biometrics among significant new trends…
Back to the ballots for biometrics in Africa: 1M dead on Ghana electoral roll, Zambia rushes biometric verification
Back to the ballots for biometrics news headlines across Africa this week. In Ghana, parliament has approved a measure that…
A new bridge between Huawei and Trustonic for secure biometric app development
Trustonic Ltd. says its mobile application security development platform now supports Huawei Technologies’ hardware-backed Trusted Execution Environments, where biometrics are…
Trustonic, OneSpan, Nivo, IDYou, Huawei implement biometrics to secure bank and mortgage apps
Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank now offers fingerprint or facial biometrics for a simpler authentication experience through a successful implementation of…
Politically closed China keen on programmatically open AI
The Chinese news service Xinhua is reporting that that nation’s authoritarian government is promoting the use of open-source artificial intelligence…
Chinese biometric surveillance technology deployed internationally amid criticism
Authorities in Bolivia have deployed 600 cameras with facial recognition, to go along with 2,000 units already in service, as…
SIA warns Congress against facial recognition moratorium as Huawei warns industry to listen to concerns
U.S. Congress should not place a moratorium on facial recognition technology, but instead collaborate with all stakeholders to address concerns…
Carnegie report says facial recognition and AI surveillance spreading faster than thought
At least 75 countries around the world are actively using artificial intelligence tools such as facial biometrics to conduct surveillance…
