Acuity Predicts Mainstreaming of Iris, Behavioral Biometrics for 2017
Acuity Market Intelligence has announced its “Ten Top Trends for Biometrics and Digital Identity” for 2017. Many of the trends are already underway. Mobile…
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Looks Like Iris Scanning is Coming to Samsung’s Galaxy S8
“…the iris scanning will pick up where the failed Note7 left off, fulfilling Samsung’s vision of becoming the pioneer of mobile iris scanning…” The Samsung…
FIDO-Compliant 2FA Security Comes to Facebook
Facebook is embracing FIDO-compliant two-factor authentication with devices like YubiKeys, with Facebook security engineer Brad Hill calling it a way “to make…
Crossmatch Solution Secures Disaster Relief with Biometrics
Crossmatch is making the case for biometrics in disaster relief and foreign assistance. The company is presenting its solution at this week’s Action on…
Zimbabwe Making Tentative Progress Toward Biometric Elections
Zimbabwe isn’t going to use biometrics in the country’s 2018 election general election, but is proceeding with a biometric voter registration program, reports…
Upgraded Facial Biometrics System a ‘Milestone’ for Innovatrics
Innovatrics has launched a new version of its facial biometrics system. Dubbed iFace 3.0, the system is able to perform demographic analysis with respect to…
Year in Review 2016: Border Control Applications
In December we polled 165 professionals in biometrics and identity related industries about various topics from the past year. It was part of the…
Eyeprint ID Could Expand ‘Dramatically’ Across Alipay Base: EyeVerify
A wide swath of Alipay users now have access to Eyeprint ID security, and the company behind the system, EyeVerify, is celebrating the deployment in a new blog…
Indian Government Mulls Linking Biometric ID Program to Tax Returns
Government authorities in India are considering enabling the use of Aadhaar for income tax returns. The idea is to simplify tax returns by letting Indian…
UK Gov’t Allows Mobile Photos for Renewing Passports
“Professionally-taken photos are still required for initial passport applications and for those pertaining to lost or stolen passports…” The UK’s Home Office…