Congressman: Seaport Biometric Card Deployment ‘a Joke’
A US legislator is lambasting the deployment of biometric security cards at US sea ports. Florida Congressman John Mica went so far as to call it “a ‘Three…
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FBI Catches 19-Year Fugitive With Biometrics
The FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is claiming a special victory in the fight against crime. It was used to track down a convicted pedophile…
FacialNetwork Brings 3D Facial Recognition to Smartphones
Mobile facial recognition developer FacialNetwork has announced a new and very secure authentication app. Called ZoOm, the app will soon be available on Google…
OPM Data Breach Saw 1.1 Million Fingerprints Stolen
Officials investigating the hacking of US Office of Personnel Management databases have concluded that the data stolen affects 21.5 million people. All…
Jamaica’s National ID System to Incorporate Biometrics
The Jamaican government is edging closer towards implementing a national biometric ID. At least, the plan right now is to include biometrics in the National…
Singapore Changi Airport Gets FAST Biometric Screening
Administrators believe the automation will not only improve the passenger experience but will help them cut down on costs by as much as 40 percent. A new…
Upcoming Galaxy A8 To Feature Fingerprint Biometrics
Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy A8 smartphone is going to have a lot of screen space and a fingerprint scanner. That’s the analysis resulting from leaked images,…
BioCatch Wins New Behavioral Biometrics Patents
Behavioral biometrics developer BioCatch has received approval for two new US patents, the company has announced. One of the patents, called “Method and Device…
Synaptics Breaks New Ground With Match-in-Sensor
Human interface solutions developer Synaptics Inc. has announced a groundbreaking new fingerprint authentication technology. Called Match-in-Sensor, it’s…
Accenture-Led Consortium to Improve eu-LISA Systems
A multi-party team of IT and communications companies has been selected to improve the architecture and capabilities for the European Agency for Large-Scale IT…