Biometric privacy on trial: The constitutional stakes in United States v. Brown
In January 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling that may ultimately…
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Age assurance lobby gets busier with new Meta-backed coalition
Washington has a new advocate for consumer choice in the smartphone ecosystem: a release announces the launch of the Coalition…
Aerendir’s new mobile phone puts biometric authentication in users hands
A new mobile device from Aerendir Mobile and Reeder aims to “invert the relationship between cloud and edge” through the…
Smartphone biometrics are Next focus market in strategic pivot
Next Biometrics is moving into the smartphone market with technology to enable fingerprint authentication anywhere on the screen of the…
JumpCloud reports spiking biometrics demand at SMEs
It is important for new devices purchased by small and medium-sized enterprises to have biometric capabilities, according to 92 percent…
Google launches Identity Check for Pixel, eyes more biometrics in future
A forthcoming update to the Android OS could include a new biometric ID security feature, further underlining the commitment to…
Breach exposes privacy risk from de-anonymization of location data
Gravy Analytics, a prominent location data broker, has disclosed that a significant data breach potentially exposed through de-anonymization the precise…
Classified DOD mobile devices found to have ‘significant’ security holes
The findings of a new Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General (IG) audit has highlighted significant vulnerabilities in the privacy,…
Forthcoming iPhone 17’s biometrics rumored to utilize novel optical hardware
The next version of native biometrics on the iPhone will look a little different, if the latest rumors are true….
FTC cracks down on two data brokers for sale of sensitive location data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday filed a complaint and proposed Decision and Order against two Virginia-based data brokers…
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