Signal upgrades encrypted messenger with face-blurring to block biometrics
Encrypted communication platform Signal is releasing a face-blurring tool to anonymize faces in the messaging app, following U.S. law enforcement…
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Northern Ireland police agree to delete biometric records after human rights ruling
Northern Ireland police (PSNI) will be deleting DNA records in “real-time” starting September, following the European Court of Human Rights’…
Is palm vein recognition the future of biometrics in the new normal?
The vein recognition biometrics market is forecast to generate $1B annually by 2029, while the global biometrics market will surpass…
ID4Africa posts World Bank comparison of Privacy by Design practices for biometric national ID
The principles of Privacy by Design were outlined by Anne Cavoukian in 2011, but the way they are implemented in…
Incognia releases location behavioral biometrics to fight mobile fraud
Incognia has introduced location-based behavioral biometrics identity technology to fight mobile fraud attempts and secure onboarding, the company announced. Banks,…
Much more info needed on how public health identities might work: Ada Lovelace Institute
A UK technology research firm and think tank says it is putting a proposed public health identity under its microscope….
AU10TIX brings networked approach to synthetic ID fraud detection from payments to all digital identity
A new platform providing a scaling networked approach to combating synthetic identity fraud has been launched by AU10TIX to bring a…
Clearview AI says it’s like Facebook, Twitter in new defense
No one thought that Clearview AI, the biometrics firm that secretly scrapes images from the internet for its facial recognition…
Biometric authentication: five myths busted
This is a guest post by Sam Bakken, Senior Product Marketing Manager at OneSpan. Biometrics are increasingly being used in…
Biometrics companies serving the Global South and a new ID2020 partner step up as world market changes
The week’s top headlines in biometrics and digital ID are largely split between two different market dynamics. Work towards extending…
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