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Biometric Update Daily News
Scottish commissioner urges police to review risks of biometric surveillance
An “immediately review the rights and risks of (police) biometric-enabled surveillance architecture,” says the Scottish biometrics commissioner. The commissioner, Brian...
 
Security vendor says fast action is needed now on deepfake voice
A new research report from security analyst vendor Recorded Future says voice cloning is capable of defeating voice multifactor authentication...
G7 ambivalent about generative AI
AI governance did not make the top 10 or 25 concerns mentioned in the G7’s communiqué that closed the group’s...
 
UK online content bill could quietly enable facial recognition
Research reportedly shows that the inclusion of software as part of the UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill could be used...
Onfido buys Airside Mobile, plans digital ID service expansion
Biometric ID verification provider Onfido has bought Airside Mobile, which sells user-controlled digital identity services for the airline industry. Terms...
 
Worldcoin may have a biometric data black market problem
Worldcoin, the digital identity and financial services crypto project that verifies people by scanning their irises, has found itself amid...
Activists urge Kenya not to repeat mistakes of Huduma Namba in new digital ID plan
Nine human and digital rights groups including Access Now and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have called on the government...
 
Users report hassles with Cameroon biometric visa portal
Some applicants logging onto the dedicated portal for Cameroon’s biometric visas have been reporting glitches with the system which went...
The age verification debate is heating up among global policymakers
Debates about introducing age verification systems to protect minors online have been heating up across the world with tech giants...
 
ID4Africa 2023 kicks off tomorrow in Nairobi with a focus on digital public infrastructure
The ID4Africa annual conference and expo is set to kick off in Nairobi on Tuesday, May 23, with more than...
India’s Aadhaar-based UPI payment platform allures Japan
Japan and India plan to take their digital cooperation to a new level with the former confessing a strong attraction...
 
Rank One Computing launches school safety initiative
Computer vision firm Rank One Computing (ROC.ai) has launched its school safety initiative in the U.S. state of West Virginia....
Maturing biometrics models meet newer markets, applications
Device biometrics are being used to secure more applications and interactions in several of the most-read articles of the week...
 
French top court OKs AI surveillance at Olympics but no biometrics
The French top constitutional court has cleared the way for the algorithmic processing of video feeds during the 2024 Paris...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
 
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans
How biometrics and liveness detection have evolved to protect us from deepfake- and chat-powered fraud Deepfakes have been identified as...
 
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
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  May 23, 2023 - May 24, 2023
ID4Africa 2023 Augmented General Meeting
  May 23, 2023 - May 25, 2023
Biometrics Institute: Asia-Pacific Conference 2023
  May 24, 2023 - May 25, 2023
8th Edition Connected Banking Summit Southern Africa
  May 24, 2023
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