FBI director’s India visit prompts new policy on sharing biometrics of fugitives
During the first visit by an FBI director to India in twelve years, current agency director Christopher Wray urged Indian…
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Digital health ID issuance reaches 500M people in India
In India, under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), the National Health Authority (NHA) has granted Ayushman Bharat health account…
Accura Scan contactless biometrics, Signzy partnership to tackle fresh KYC challenges
Indian biometrics and digital ID providers are forming new partnerships to firm up defense against increasingly sophisticated forms of fraud….
Sri Lanka to launch new digital ID contract tender before 2023 runs out
A tender to select a firm to print Sri Lanka’s new digital ID cards will be launched before 2023 winds…
SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer
India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and…
India is struggling with deepfakes and making tech platforms pay for it
India has a deepfake problem. On Thursday, co-founder of IT giant Infosys Narayana Murthy warned about deepfake videos of him…
India layers new IDs for workers on top of Aadhaar, as DPI projects expand
The ecosystem of India’s national digital identity program, Aadhaar, continues to grow, with new linkages between the digital ID and…
Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG attainment
An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more countries of the Global South…
Missing fingerprint liveness detection opens the door for Aadhaar spoofing attacks
Aadhaar is leaking again, and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is facing questions about the deployment of liveness…
Duplicative biometric databases in Nigeria, India face criticism
A database dubbed the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) put in place to manage a student loans scheme in…
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