HackerOne divorces itself from Voatz following months of disputes with researchers
For the first time since HackerOne – a bug-bounty-hosting platform which employs “ethical hackers” to find and fix exploitable vulnerabilities…
voter identification
Third-party Voatz security assessment says third of findings were ‘high severity’
Trail of Bits has performed the first-ever “white-box” security assessment of the Voatz biometric voting platform, with access to the…
India details plans for biometric authentication with different modalities for remote voters
In an effort to improve the remote voting process and conclusively identify migrant voters, the Election Commission (EC) of India…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: Ghana demonstrations, Tanzania SIM registration deadline
Biometrics are at the core of an issue leading opposition parties in Ghana to call for demonstrations and mass picketing…
Ghana Electoral Commission proposes facial biometrics as part of voter register changes
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is changing the biometric voter registration process for the 2020 elections, adding facial recognition…
Biometric data standards in 50 countries ranked with China and U.S. near bottom
Comparitech has published a ranking of 50 countries in the world according to their biometric data collection and usage practices,…
Dermalog biometrics catch 88,000 fraudulent votes but no results yet in Afghanistan election
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has postponed the announcement of results in the country’s presidential election, Reuters reports, though biometric voter…
U.S. senator pushes for cybersecurity review of remote biometric voting app
Popular biometric remote voting application Voatz is under the radar again, after U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to…
Afghanistan biometric voting improved but imperfect
The people of Afghanistan have voted in Presidential elections using biometric voter authentication systems intended to prevent voter fraud and…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometrics for housing, anti-terrorism
It has been two steps forward and possibly two steps back again for digital ID in Africa this week. While…
