| Daily Biometrics News : Jun 30, 2025 |
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| No Phone Home campaign waves red flag over server retrieval for digital ID |
| Anonymous identity verification isn’t actually anonymous if it has to “phone home” to the original issuer to verify a submitted…Read More |
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| Sri Lanka digital identity project RFP issued |
| The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) has issued a Request for Proposals on behalf of… |
| Libyan firm wins Niger biometric passport, national ID contract |
| Libyan biometrics solutions provider Al Itissan Al-Jadeed has been contracted to oversee an upgrade of… |
| Mexico debates centralizing biometric citizen codes to search for missing persons |
| The Mexican government has taken another step toward turning the country’s biometric-based Unique Population Registry… |
| Guyana says digital ID cards delayed by integration challenges |
| Guyana has been unable to meet its goal to begin issuing biometric electronic identity cards… |
| Switzerland prepares to introduce biometric ID cards |
| Switzerland is planning to introduce a new chip-enabled biometric identity card by the end of… |
| Biometrics unifying factor amid big changes in IDs |
| Biometrics sit at the center of the long chain from manual verification of physical ID… |
| Gamma UK DIATF goes live, formalizing Digital Verification Service |
| The UK government has published the final version of its “gamma” UK digital identity and… |
| Canada considers age assurance legislation to match UK, EU |
| A new bill that would require porn sites to implement age assurance technology has been… |
| SCOTUS rules to uphold Texas age verification law in high-profile case |
| In the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court… |
| Trump’s megabill expands biometric surveillance |
| As debate intensifies in the United States over H.R. 1, otherwise known as the “One… |
| Auditor demands better accounting from IRS for biometric identity proofing |
| The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) effort to modernize digital identity verification stands at the… |
| Internal struggle over US federal biometric data management intensifies |
| As the U.S. federal government expands its use of biometric technologies to manage everything from… |
| OpenWallet Foundation hosts MOSIP for guide through its Inji credentialing stack |
| The OpenWallet Foundation Interoperability SIG hosted a presentation by MOSIP with Vibha Menon, Product Owner… |
| Ethereum co-founder warns of privacy risks in ZK-based one-ID-per-person systems |
| The tech world loves a good beef, and a fresh one concerns the pros and… |
| Face liveness detection mandatory for new Tinder users in California, Canada |
| New Tinder users in California are now required to provide face biometrics through a video… |
| Digi Yatra dreams of expansion |
| India’s face biometrics-based air travel app Digi Yatra has covered 24 of the country’s major… |
| Philippines digital government super app integrates 1,000 services |
| The Philippines has been rolling out its digital national ID and building digital public infrastructure… |
| Cameroon unveils upgraded digital procurement system with $12M Korean grant |
| The government of Cameroon has launched an upgraded version of a digital procurement system dubbed… |
| Report urges Africa to close digital infrastructure gaps as AI adoption grows |
| African countries such as Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are advancing rapidly when it… |
| New VP Sales at Tech5 USA, Idex Biometrics CFO resigns |
| Tech5 has appointed Gary Newlin as Vice President, Sales at TECH5 USA. Newlin is expected… |
