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Progress in Nigeria and high traffic identification top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Progress in Nigeria and in airport biometrics systems make up several of the most popular articles on Biometric Update this week, and a few relatively thoughtful examinations of issues related to AI, and facial recognition in particular, are recommended weekend reading for those in and around the industry .... Read the whole story here.

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Progress in Nigeria and high traffic identification top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Progress in Nigeria and in airport biometrics systems make up several of the most popular articles on Biometric Update this...
 
Digital ID in Africa this week: International Identity Day, biometric electoral rolls on display in Ghana
The International Identity Day concept which was born of the ID4Africa movement gains significant ground as Nigeria becomes the first...
Privacy concerns raised with Vision-Box biometric cloud service for India’s Digi Yatra
The involvement of Vision-Box in India’s trials of biometrics for aviation identity checks under Digi Yatra is facing scrutiny over...
 
Yitu and VisionLabs impress in latest NIST facial recognition test results
The latest results from the National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST’s) Ongoing Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) for Verification...
Fingerprint biometrics companies look to cashless shift for boost
Fingerprint Cards expects commercial use of payment cards with fingerprint biometrics to begin next year with society moving away from...
 
Respected biometrics researcher Anil Jain criticized for China connections
Renowned biometrics expert and head of Michigan State University’s Biometrics Research Group Anil Jain is receiving criticism for what is...
IDnow facial biometrics to secure Lottoland against underage users
Online gaming and lottery company Lottoland has chosen IDnow to help transform its identification processes with facial biometrics to meet...
 
Morocco places moratorium on facial recognition, California limits police use
Morocco has placed the regulation of biometric facial recognition in the country in the hands of the National Commission for...
Democratic Republic of Congo to launch biometric population register by 2020
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to launch a biometric ID system and population register by 2020 according to...
 
Biometric opioid vending machines may solve Vancouver’s overdose crisis
A Harvard-trained doctor and professor of medicine living in Vancouver believes biometrics-controlled vending machines that dispense opioids could decrease the...
Facial recognition for biometric access control at Olympics and FIFA World Cup
Intel will power NEC’s NeoFace biometric facial recognition system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with Intel Core i5 processors and...
 
BioConnect launches physical access control product to extend biometrics to existing systems
BioConnect has launched a Unified Mobile Access solution to add biometric physical access control to existing systems. The company suggests...
  IDScan.net announces major revenue growth and expansion
  Seven Bank and NEC work on facial recognition, QR code-enabled ATMs
  Apple files palm vein biometrics patent for enhanced authentication
  Acceptto behavioral biometrics certified for FIDO2 server protocol
  McDonalds acquires Apprente to bring speech recognition to drive thrus
  Cimcon raises $33M to expand smart city push as VSBLTY extends LATAM partnership
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