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New biometric technologies and old controversies top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Our top biometrics and digital ID news wrap this week covers new innovations for liveness detection, facial recognition, vehicles and payments and the ongoing debate about regulation and balancing security and privacy ... Read the whole story here.

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New biometric technologies and old controversies top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
The most widely read articles on Biometric Update this week cover new innovations and solutions for liveness, facial recognition, vehicles...
 
More than half a million Rohingya refugees registered for biometric ID cards with UNHCR
UN refugee agency UNHCR has completed the biometric registration of more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in collaboration with...
Researchers spoof FaceID biometric liveness detection with video injection and tape
Researchers from Tencent Security’s Zuanwu Lab have developed successful spoof attacks on biometric liveness detection systems, ranging from placing tape...
 
Sightcorp deep learning method improves biometric face detection at challenging angles
Artificial intelligence software company Sightcorp has developed improved biometric facial detection capabilities for facial analysis and recognition software based on...
Ever AI rebrands as Paravision and tops NIST facial biometric 1:1 leaderboard
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has published a new Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 1:1 Leaderboard, which...
 
Civic deploys Onfido biometrics to onboard new Civic Wallet users
Civic has deployed Onfido‘s AI-powered identity verification technology to securely onboard new users for its Civic Wallet, which is now...
SITA says aviation industry on board with biometrics for single travel token
The air travel industry is working together toward a common goal of enabling all commercial air travel processes with a...
 
Alpha Generation to distribute Hitachi’s biometric tech in UK
A new partnership announced this week between IT security distributor Alpha Generation Distribution, a part of the 4SEC Group, and...
NEXT Biometrics Aadhaar-certified technology integrated in Sunmi POS terminals for India
Shanghai Sunmi Technology Co. is integrating Next Biometrics` STQC and UIDAI-certified fingerprint sensor modules into its P1 POS terminals for...
 
Facebook biometric privacy lawsuit to proceed as class action after denied appeal
Facebook has been denied a motion to prevent a suit filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act from proceeding as...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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