| Weekend Reading : Apr 26, 2025 |
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| Biometrics and injection detection for deepfake defense a rising priority |
| Biometrics integrations with injection attack detection to defend the latest front in the global battle against fraud, deepfakes, is the…Read More |
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| Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance |
| Episode 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast is a dispatch from the 2025 Global Age… |
| Super-recognizers can’t help with deepfakes, but deepfakes can help with algorithms |
| Deepfake faces are beyond even the ability of super-recognizers to identify consistently, with some sobering… |
| New Zealand seeks selfie guidance, liveness capabilities for biometric capture |
| New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is looking for new face biometrics capture technology… |
| New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure |
| New Zealand’s accredited digital identity services regulator, the Trust Framework Authority (TFA), has published a… |
| Rwanda seeks supplier for automated multimodal biometric authentication system |
| The Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) has announced that it is receiving bids for the… |
| UK online child safety rules finalized by Ofcom ahead of July deadline |
| New rules have been set for protecting UK children from online harms with the publication… |
| Age assurance enforcement concerns raised as porn sites drag feet |
| A barking dog is alarming, but if it has no legs, it’s not scary for… |
| Identity is under siege as AI and cyber exploits evolve and outpace defenses |
| At the center of today’s cybersecurity crises is a single, unifying vulnerability: digital identity. The… |
| Potential for deepfake audio, video to warp reality is building to crisis level |
| Persona has published its fraud insights for the first quarter of 2025, and deepfakes take… |
| White House includes NSF research on deepfakes among threats to free speech |
| The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has new priorities, and while some might call them… |
| Palantir’s ImmigrationOS fuels Trump administration’s immigrant removal agenda |
| In April 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded a $30 million contract to… |
| Digital authoritarianism increasing as AI-enhanced surveillance reshapes federal policies under Trump |
| There is a common denominator that links recent developments in the Department of Homeland Security… |
| Unexplained USCIS requests suggest DHS using AI to flag visa applicants |
| In an unexpected and deeply concerning move, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has… |
| UK groups call for government digital ID plan overhaul, limits for Gov.uk |
| UK digital identity industry groups are asking for the Gov.uk digital wallet and One Login… |
| UK’s digital ID trust problem now between business and government |
| It used to be that the UK public’s trust in the government was a barrier… |
| Live facial recognition should shape future of policing, says former UK PM |
| Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is a fan of live facial recognition. A report… |
| Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the same week the… |
| WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics |
| Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives are lagging behind emerging technologies such as AI, which… |
| Fintechs crucial to trust needed for financial inclusion: Rwanda Stock Exchange CEO |
| The growing emergence of fintechs in Africa represents major hope for the continent’s financial inclusion… |
| Robust connectivity needed to drive digital economy: GITEX Africa 2025 |
| Africa’s digital transformation is progressively maturing and one of the ways of giving this journey… |
| UNDP highlights inclusive growth potential of Pakistan’s AI, digital identity strategy |
| Pakistan is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its digital identity infrastructure to improve service delivery… |
| Lebanon plans $50M investment in AI, DPI devt within two years |
| The Lebanese government has unveiled a plan to pump in between $30 million and $50… |
| EU publishes call for consultations on EUDI Wallet specifications |
| The European Union has issued a call for a public consultation on 12 new Implementing… |
| Nametag integrates with Aadhaar, enabling selfie verification for 1B in India |
| Nametag has launched a major integration with Aadhaar, enabling the more than one billion users… |
| ROC introduces software to stop growing threat of biometric injection attacks |
| Colorado-based ROC has introduced software to detect deepfakes and biometric injection attacks that bypass traditional… |
| Panasonic supplies facial recognition to Osaka Expo 2025 for staff access |
| Panasonic Connect is supplying biometric technology to the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 in Japan, which is… |
| Objectors appeal Clearview’s biometric data privacy settlement approval |
| The final approval of the settlement in Clearview AI’s biometric data privacy multi-district litigation in… |
| Infineon powers demo of edge biometrics for user onboarding |
| Edge AI and embedded systems developer embedUR unveiled a pair of solutions for computer vision… |
| Identy.io joins NIST fingerprint biometrics evaluation with strong accuracy scores |
| The results of a fingerprint biometrics evaluation by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and… |
| Pindrop surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue, kicks off BU podcast |
| A release from Atlanta-based voice biometrics firm Pindrop celebrates a milestone: the firm has surpassed… |
| Know your geography for successful digital ID adoption: Trinsic |
| A big year for digital identity issuance, adoption and regulation has widened the opportunities for… |
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