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Digital ID and biometrics in Africa: surprise SIM blocks, biometric electoral roll disputes and an eKYC first for Libya
Libya just manages to join the African eKYC movement in 2019 with its ATIB bank announcing biometric verification, while neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are looking ahead to their back-to-back elections late in 2020. A survey of aid organizations highlights the positive impact of mobile biometrics technology in carrying out their work and Nigeria extends its ID signup facilities worldwide ... Read the whole story here.

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Digital ID and biometrics in Africa: surprise SIM blocks, biometric electoral roll disputes and an eKYC first for Libya
As 2019 draws to a close, Tanzania reaches – and pushes back – its December 31 biometric SIM registration after...
 
Biometric privacy lawsuits make “judicial hellholes” and Facebook Supreme Court hearing top concern
The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) of Illinois continues to make waves, with several cases winding their way through the...
Facial recognition use planned by police and border security as NIST report sparks concern
Australia’s Home Affairs Department says it needs to increase its use of facial biometrics with data from allied nations and...
 
Mastercard online authentication technology launches in India as banks tap biometrics
The Federal Bank of India has formed a partnership with Mastercard to use its global authentication program with the latest...
Syntizen, Tech5 set up biometric face liveness detection for transport department in India
Syntizen will roll out in partnership with Tech5 a biometric face liveness detection solution for the Telangana Transport Department in...
 
Mantra Softech develops fingerprint scanner with optical sensor, targets government projects
Biometric PoS developer Mantra Softech has manufactured a high-quality fingerprint scanner enhanced with a scratch-free optical sensor for more accurate...
Sensory platform for smart kitchen appliances brings voice assistant AI to the edge
Sensory is showcasing at CES 2020 its domain specific assistant for smart appliances based on its vocabulary speech recognition and...
 
Rapid DNA awaits scientific endorsement for use in sex assault investigations
The rape of a homeless woman in Kentucky was solved faster than anticipated thanks to Rapid DNA biometrics, an instrument...
CyberLink talks biometric performance, edge benefits at Intel Edge Computing Solution Summit
CyberLink has recently participated in the Intel Edge Computing Solution Summit which unites IoT industry leaders to share AI edge...
 
Amazon files patent for touchless scanning system, Apple, Mad Systems patent biometric hailing/alert system, facial recognition locator
Amazon Go or Whole Foods shoppers may in the future be identified by their hands, according to a patent published...
New edge AI accelerators coming from Samsung-Baidu partnership and Innodisk
Baidu and Samsung Electronics are planning to begin mass producing a cloud-to-edge AI accelerator chip in early 2020, to power...
 
U.S. Navy bans TikTok, Pentagon fears DNA home hits jeopardize national security
Privacy and national security concerns have led the U.S. Navy to ban the use of social media app TikTok on...
Top biometrics and digital ID news stories of 2019: ramping up, investments and arguments
The spectacular growth of biometrics and digital identity drove the publication of more than 2,500 news items on Biometric Update...
 
2019: a critical year for biometrics and digital ID in the Global South
While Europe and the U.S. have seen steady progress with incremental improvements and plenty of new regulation alongside the growing...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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