German Authorities to Trial Facial Recognition Surveillance at Train Station
German authorities will trial facial recognition technologies at Berlin’s Suedkreuz station. As The Local’s German outlet reports, in a recent interview with…
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Neurotechnology Announces MegaMatcher Accelerator Extreme
“It can also manage 200 million iris templates, 40 million faces, and 160 million fingerprint templates on one server.” Neurotechnology has announced a new…
Financial ID Briefing: Fingerprint Scanning Payment Cards Get Commercialized
The Financial ID Briefing brings you top highlights from the world of biometrics, mobile ID, and finance. It is powered by FindBiometrics and Money20/20.…
BRIEF: The Coming Iris Recognition Revolution
In 2013, Apple introduced its first smartphone to feature a fingerprint scanning system, Touch ID. Just a few years later, fingerprint scanning technology can…
Two Factor Authentication is on the Verge of Becoming Mainstream
For years, digital security experts have been advocating for two factor authentication, or 2FA. And while those calls have been headed among some of the more…
CLEAR Biometric Airport Screening System Cleared for Patent
CLEAR has obtained a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office concerning a biometric boarding pass system, the company has announced. The…
Chinese Authorities Use Biometrics to Authenticate Students for ‘Gaokao’ Exams
Education authorities in China are using biometric recognition and other high-tech measures to catch cheaters in the country’s annual “gaokao” university…
India’s Supreme Court Allows Gov’t to Link Aadhaar to Taxes, with Exceptions
India’s Supreme Court has weighed in on the government’s controversial plan to link tax filing to Aadhaar, the country’s national biometric ID program. The…
V2 Smart Card Uses FPC Sensor, Precise Biometrics Software
“For now, the card is only being used for access control and employee time and attendance tracking at the newly opened casino, but FPC has indicated that…
Consumer Biometrics Month: The Primer
June is Consumer Biometrics Month at FindBiometrics, during which we are placing a featured focus on the everyday biometry shaping lives, locking doors, and…