Researchers Demonstrate Quantum-Secured Fingerprint Matching for Border Control
A team of European researchers has demonstrated a way to check a fingerprint against a watchlist without either party exposing the underlying data, using…
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UK Watchdog Warns Police Are Buying Biometric Tech ‘Without Understanding It’
Police forces in England and Wales are acquiring powerful biometric and AI-assisted technologies without fully understanding what they are buying or its…
CLEAR Integrates CLEAR1 With Amazon Connect to Verify Callers
CLEAR is extending its identity platform into customer-service call centers, integrating its CLEAR1 product with Amazon Connect so that organizations can…
EngageLab Launches Carrier-Based Silent Auth Across 36 Countries
EngageLab, the customer-engagement platform owned by Aurora Mobile, has launched a silent authentication product that verifies a user by checking their phone…
AlgorithmWatch Ties Georgia’s Protest Surveillance to Russian Facial Recognition
The country of Georgia has built much of its protest-policing surveillance on a Russian-made facial recognition system, according to an investigation by the…
AI Update: ‘This Is Not Our Preferred Long Term Model’
Welcome to the latest edition of the AI Update, where we continue to track the major developments in artificial intelligence and their implications for…
Incode Acquires Identiq for Privacy-Preserving Fraud Intelligence
Incode is adding cryptographic peer-to-peer identity validation to its fraud-prevention platform with the acquisition of Identiq, a company whose technology…
UK Finance and Major Banks Advance Voluntary Digital Verification Service
Six of the United Kingdom’s largest banks and building societies are working with the trade body UK Finance on a voluntary digital verification service that…
EFF, TEDIC, and CEJIL Challenge Paraguay’s Facial Recognition Secrecy
Three digital-rights organizations have asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to compel Paraguay to disclose how it uses facial recognition,…
MetaOptics Ships Metalens Smartphone With Contactless 3D Fingerprint Module
MetaOptics has begun shipping evaluation units of a 5G smartphone built around its metalens optics, including a contactless module the company says reads a…