Visa Says Palm Biometric Payments Have Promising Future
By Masha Borak Payments giant Visa showcased its pay-by-palm biometric payment technology at an event marking the transformation of its Singapore Innovation Center last week….
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Face Biometrics Growing Role in Trust Raises Stakes for Fakes
By Chris Burt Face biometrics are powering identity checks for employment, air travel, and enterprise access control in some of the most-read stories of the…
Scientists Recreate Fingerprints from the Sound of Swiping on a Touchscreen
By Masha Borak Hackers may have a new way of obtaining your biometric data – by secretly listening in to the sound of your finger…
White Hat Hacker Reveals Vulnerability in Germany’s Digital ID
By Masha Borak Germany’s digital ID may come under threat from malicious attackers, according to an analysis from a digital security expert. A white hat…
New Zealand Grocery Stores Adding Facial Recognition, Police Want Open Discussion
By Masha Borak Facial recognition is entering New Zealand’s grocery stores and the rapid expansion of the technology has been filling the country’s newspaper headlines….
One US School Backs Out of Biometrics Contract, Another is Going Big
By Jim Nash With almost no explanation, a high school in the U.S. state of Maine reportedly has backed out of a biometric identification contract….
Cybercriminals Use Malware to Obtain Face Biometrics, Break into Banking Apps
By Bianca Gonzalez Chinese cybercrime group GoldFactory is creating malware to attack Android and iOS that steals face biometrics and uses them to break into…
Biometrics Squaring Off with Deepfakes
By Chris Burt Biometrics can protect against the fraud threat of generative AI and deepfakes, but can also be defeated by them if not deployed…
Belize to Kick Off National ID and Biometric Data Strategy as Soon as March
By Masha Borak Belize is moving towards building its national identification system and formulating a strategy for biometric data with future plans for digitizing public…
A New Way to Thwart Facial Recognition Targets Surveillance Camera Sensors
By Masha Borak As facial recognition surveillance spreads, researchers and privacy-minded individuals have been trying to come up with ways to thwart the technology, using…
The Great Reset Agenda: Australia Sets A Date For Digital ID
By Mac Slavo The Australian ruling class has recently announced it will tentatively launch a digital identification system on July 1st of this year as…
Ireland Shows How Police can Ignore Biometric Privacy Concerns and Promises
By Jim Nash Those who see face surveillance by law enforcement as a danger to civil rights keep hoping that their warnings will stir the…
Tax Accounts Not Linked to Aadhaar Biometrics Attract Huge Fines in India
By Ayang Macdonald India’s Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, has told parliament more than Rs 600 crore (about US$72 million) was collected in…
Biometrics Becoming Part of School Fabric
By Jim Nash Three school systems, two in the U.S. and the other in Brazil are installing or updating biometric security system for students. The…