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National digital IDs are essential, but can they be made secure?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested £4.3 million (US$5.36 million) in a four-year research and development project designed make new national digital ID systems secure and private. The U.K.’s Alan Turing Institute will conduct the research ... Read the full post here.

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No revolution for biometric face-scanning regulations in China
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Biometric software that allegedly detects criminals based on their face sparks industry controversy
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Under-display fingerprint biometrics for LCD smartphones made possible by new 3M technology
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Leidos buys L3 Harris Technologies’ security detection, biometrics and automation businesses
Leidos has finalized the purchase of L3Harris Technologies’ biometric security detection and automation portfolio in exchange for roughly $1 billion...
 
UK biometrics watchdog raises surveillance risks; Yoti outlines alternative immunity passport
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Look Ma—No Hands! How biometrics will drive the post-COVID technology world
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UK and U.S. warn APTs target healthcare and essential services just in time for World Password Day
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UK extends Gov.uk Verify funding, accused of risking asylum-seekers’ health with biometrics collection
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Omilia raises $20M to boost adoption of advanced conversational AI and voice biometrics
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Linus adds identity verification from Passbase for frictionless biometric onboarding
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Face biometric systems promise protection with new capabilities, but effectiveness not yet proven
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