Russia Says Border Biometrics Flagged About 70,000 Barred Foreigners
Biometric checks at Russian border crossing points have identified roughly 70,000 foreign nationals who are barred from entering the country, the interior…
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Ugandan MPs Say QR Codes on New National IDs Fail to Authenticate
Holders of Uganda’s newly issued national identity cards are being turned away from banks and telecom shops because the QR codes on the cards do not…
Judge Certifies 22,000-Driver Biometric Class Against Union Pacific
A federal judge has certified a class of roughly 22,402 truck drivers who scanned their fingers at Union Pacific gates in Illinois, and refused to grant the…
India Makes Biometric Identification Mandatory for Mobile SIM Connections
India’s Department of Telecommunications has notified rules requiring biometric identification before a person can obtain, change or disconnect a mobile…
New Zealand Bill Puts Age Assurance Duty on Social Media Platforms
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would bar under-16s from social media by requiring platforms to check the ages of their users, and it rules out…
AI Update: The Frontier Hits Pause
AI Update August 21, 2026 Security and identity briefing OpenAI paused part of its newest-model training, Anthropic kept a more capable system inside the lab,…
Nexiden Sues Ping Identity Over Mobile Authentication Patents
Nexiden Inc. sued Ping Identity Corp. in Texas federal court, alleging that Ping’s PingID mobile app infringes two patents covering how a mobile device…
Haiti Secures $3 Million OAS-Japan Deal for 350,000 Biometric ID Cards
Japan and the Organization of American States signed a $3 million agreement to expand Haiti’s biometric identification system, funding 350,000 new ID cards as…
Cameroon Mandates CAMTEL to Build National Digital ID Interoperability
Cameroon has tasked state telecom operator CAMTEL with building the technical backbone for interoperability across the country’s public digital platforms,…
OpenID Foundation Urges Australia to Prioritize Credential Interoperability
The OpenID Foundation has urged Australia to make interoperability the central design priority as the country builds out its verifiable-credentials framework,…