Austria Presents Smartphone Contactless Fingerprint System at UN Counter-Terrorism Week
Austria has presented a smartphone-based system for contactless fingerprint capture, already in use by its police, at a United Nations event on the responsible…
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Spain’s Data Protection Authority Warns the EUDI Wallet Could Exclude Vulnerable Users
Spain’s data protection authority has warned that the EU Digital Identity Wallet, depending on how member states and companies build it, could shut vulnerable…
IETF Draft Maps the Technical Tradeoffs of Age Verification
A new document circulating through the Internet Engineering Task Force tries to pin down what age verification actually costs. Titled “Age Verification…
Capco Survey Flags Consumer Fears Over Deepfakes and Biometric Fraud
A consumer survey from consultancy Capco finds that Americans increasingly prize fraud protection when choosing a payment provider, even as they worry that…
AI Update: Fable 5 and America 250
The AI Update will be a little different this week, and in the weeks to come. If you have been following this column for a while – first of all, […]
Wultra Raises 6.8 Million Euros for Post-Quantum Digital Identity
Wultra, a Prague-based provider of post-quantum authentication and digital identity software for banks and fintechs, has raised 6.8 million euros in a Series A…
UK to Allow Digital Verification Services for Alcohol Age Checks
The UK is set to let people prove they are old enough to buy alcohol using a digital identity check rather than a physical document, after the Home Office laid…
Unico Network Data Shows Injection Attacks Now Dominate Classified Fraud: Report
A new intelligence report from Unico and Liminal warns that identity fraud is not only growing in scale, but moving rapidly up the sophistication ladder, with…
Namirial Wallet Joins the France Identité Ecosystem
Namirial says its digital wallet has been validated for interoperability with France Identité, the French government’s national digital identity program,…
Yubico Joins European Cyber Security Organisation
Yubico has joined the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), a pan-European public-private federation focused on European cybersecurity policy and…