ID Talk: How to Make Biometric Data Useful – and Useless – with FaceTec’s Jay Meier

On the latest ID Talk podcast, Jay Meier returns to expand on last week’s discussion about the importance of biometric binding—that is, linking a person’s biometric data directly to their biographic information for the purpose of identity verification.

Having previously laid out the foundations of the concept, Jay now answers a few follow-up questions from ID Talk hosts Tony Bitzionis and Alex Perala in a discussion that touches on topics including the weakness of many device-native biometric systems, how biometric binding actually works in practice with mobile driver’s licenses, and how FaceTec’s technology is designed to render a biometric template totally useless to hackers.

As always, it’s a fascinating discussion. Jay is not only FaceTec’s SVP of North American Operations, but also an influential voice in the Kantara Initiative and the Identity Theft Resource Center; and he has thought carefully about the conceptual underpinnings of biometric identity.

Listen to his latest conversation with the ID Talk team on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, or through the media player below:

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September 4, 2024 – by the FindBiometrics Editorial Team