UK struggles with biometric border crossing software
A UK government immigration database was found to have mixed up biometric and biographical data of more than 76,000 people,…
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Ukrainian digital ID app Diia goes open-source
Ukraine wants to make it easier for other countries to build up their digital identity ecosystems and to help them…
Norwegian BankID digital ID now biometric, available on smartphones
Norway’s biggest digital identity provider, BankID, is coming to smartphones. Starting on Monday, the platform is rolling out a feature…
CBP One app criticized over extra-territorial biometrics collection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s biometric asylum app CBP One has come under attack over plans to expand the collection…
Buenos Aires integrates, open sources self-sovereign identity protocol QuarkID
Diego Fernández, secretary of innovation and digital transformation for the city of Buenos Aires, announced in a LinkedIn post that…
White hat hacker reveals vulnerability in Germany’s digital ID
Germany’s digital ID may come under threat from malicious attackers, according to an analysis from a digital security expert. A…
China’s biometric surveillance in Tibet matures to integration projects
The Chinese government in Tibet is linking the various biometric surveillance systems and databases. It’s the next logical step after…
Modernized biometrics services help USCIS cut immigration backlog
The agency that administers the U.S. immigration service says it cut its caseload backlog 15 percent year over year in…
Portugal and France make mobile driver’s licenses available almost immediately
Portugal and France have made digital identity cards and other official forms as legal as physical documents. The governments have…
Estonia outlines procurement plans for digital ID app
Estonia, one of the world’s pioneers in digital governance and digital IDs, is expecting its national digital identity mobile application…
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