New Identity Week Reports Delve Into Deepfakes, Border Control
Identity Week has published a pair of new reports offering high-level analysis of two of the most important topics in today’s identity industry. One of them is…
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Advocacy Groups Urge UK Home Secretary to Ban Biometric Surveillance
A coalition of civil society organizations has urged the UK Home Secretary to implement safeguards for AI systems in policing, advocating for a complete ban on…
Australian Survey Sheds Light on Public’s View of FRT
Australians are broadly okay with facial recognition being used by police and healthcare providers, but get squeamish when private tech companies get involved,…
Meta to Pay $1.4B in Texas Biometric Privacy Lawsuit
Meta’s record-breaking settlement in its biometric privacy dispute with the state of Texas has now been revealed: The company has agreed to pay out $1.4…
Wicket’s Biometric Tech to Secure Entire NFL
America’s National Football League is dramatically expanding its use of facial recognition technology provided by Wicket. After a six-stadium pilot last year,…
AI Update: Liberating Startups and Dunking Computers
Welcome to the newest edition of FindBiometrics’ AI update. Here’s the latest big news on the shifting landscape of AI and identity technology: Cohere has…
Judge Halts Kenya’s Digital ID Effort, Citing Constitutional Concerns
The rollout of Kenya’s new digital identity system, Maisha Namba, has been temporarily halted by the country’s High Court following a legal challenge. Justice…
NIST Updates PIV Standard, Seeking FIPS 201 Alignment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its PIV standards to better align with revisions to the Federal Information Processing…
Hack Attack Spills Leidos Internal Docs Online: Report
Leidos has become the latest high-profile victim of a data breach, with hackers reportedly leaking internal documents online. The compromise, which Leidos only…
Biometric Stadium Access Expands Further, Arriving at Kansas City Ballpark
Face-based stadium access has come to Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium, in the form of the “MLB Go-Ahead Entry” system. The move means that interested baseball…