Egyptian MP Seeks Safeguards for Facial Verification in SIM Registration
Egyptian lawmaker Amira al-Adly has called for clearer legal and institutional safeguards around plans to use facial recognition when registering mobile phone…
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Ghana Withholds 22,269 Service PINs Pending Identity Checks
Ghana’s National Service Authority has withheld 22,269 registration PIN codes after running identity checks on prospective participants in the country’s…
FBI Uses Twins to Test Limits of AI Biometric Systems
The FBI has detailed a long-running research program that uses biometric data from twins to test how reliably artificial intelligence systems can distinguish…
India’s Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Police Facial Recognition at Protests
India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging Delhi Police use of facial recognition and other surveillance tools to monitor people attending…
Verifone Brings Face and Palm-Vein Payment Devices to Australia
Verifone is launching its Victa payment devices with facial and palm-vein verification in Australia, following a New Zealand rollout last month.
IDEMIA Reports Top Placements in Latest NIST Face Recognition Tests
IDEMIA reports first place across NIST FRTE 1:N mugshot identification tests, including a 12 million identity gallery, and in visa border identification.
HID and Partners Combine Document and Face Checks in Visitor Kiosk
HID, Soloinsight and Connected Technology Solutions have launched a self-service visitor kiosk that combines document authentication, facial verification and…
Burundi Extends Biometric Civil Registration Toward National Digital ID
Burundi has equipped 13 municipalities with biometric civil registration systems as it works to digitize records of births, marriages and deaths and connect…
Japanese Police Use Court Warrant for Forced Face Unlock of Smartphones
Japanese police have begun using court-issued physical-inspection warrants to compel facial unlocking of smartphones in investigations where officers believe…
MIA Teknoloji Completes RFID-Based Biometric Identity Project
MIA Teknoloji has completed an R&D project for identity verification that stores biometric data on an RFID card and performs a one-to-one facial comparison…