Tech5 and uqudo develop biometric remote voter verification system for Oman election
The partnership of Tech5 and uqudo has led to the deployment of their technologies for remote biometric voter identity verification…
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Political violence in Nigeria destroys biometric voter IDs; government rushing replacements
Almost 70,000 permanent voter ID cards were destroyed this week when a government office in Nigeria was set ablaze. In…
Britain proposes path to free Voter Card, digital identity potential for polls
A paper published by the UK government outlines what will be accepted as photographic identity at future elections in Great Britain,…
Senegal renews deal with Iris Corp for biometric ID cards
Iris Corporation has announced a deal extension with Senegal for the production of three million smart biometric national ID and…
Any online voting system requires robust digital identity
This is a guest post by Tshepo Magoma, a Yoti Digital Identity Fellow. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted citizens to worry about whether…
Biometric voter verifications for Guinea’s elections secured with IB fingerprint scanners
Integrated Biometrics (IB) says its Kojak PL fingerprint scanners adopted by Innovatrics in the biometric enrollment process for elections in…
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…
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…
