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White House Approves Rule Enabling Nationwide Biometric Exit Program
The White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has cleared an interim final rule authorizing CBP to expand biometric exit nationwide. The rule removes pilot restrictions and will allow photographs of departing non-U.S. citizens at any exit point, with Federal Register publication pending and deployments expected at airports where CBP already operates face-enabled boarding.
Channel Islands Co-op Pilots Facial Age Estimation At Jersey Stores
The Channel Islands Co-op is rolling out facial age estimation across ten Jersey outlets starting Monday. The system estimates a shopper’s age at self-checkouts for restricted items, discards images immediately, and still requires staff intervention when customers appear under the threshold.
Meta Expands Face-Matching To Fight Impostor Accounts In UK, EU And South Korea
Meta is extending its facial recognition tools to the UK, EU, and South Korea to detect impersonation of public figures and provide optional video-selfie account recovery. Nearly half a million public figures are now covered, with Instagram integration expected in the coming months.
Kochi To Add Biometric Arrivals Kiosks As India Scales Fast-Track Immigration
Cochin International Airport will install ten biometric kiosks in Terminal 3 arrivals to speed up processing for foreign nationals. The project complements India’s FTI-TTP program, now active at 13 airports, which offers faster e-gate clearance for Indian citizens and OCI cardholders.
DEF CON 33: Clickjacking Puts Passkey Flows On Notice
At DEF CON 33, researchers demonstrated attacks that target the browser layer rather than FIDO cryptography, including clickjacking against autofill UIs and malicious extensions intercepting WebAuthn API calls. The findings prompted vendors to tighten autofill rules and highlighted the need for attestation checks, CSP, and hardened extension practices.
FrankieOne And Daon Partner To Strengthen Onboarding Against Deepfakes And Synthetic ID Fraud
FrankieOne is embedding Daon’s multimodal biometrics, liveness detection, and document verification into its orchestration platform. The partnership aims to help financial institutions counter deepfake and synthetic ID fraud while aligning with APRA, AUSTRAC, and other regulatory frameworks abroad.
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team