By Craig Guthrie, deputy editorWhen Iowa officials revealed last December that the state planned to pilot a digital driver's licence app in 2015, observers were divided by the concept.Proponents said the solution makes sense...
Read MoreMore government services including online benefit and driving licence portals are preparing to adopt the identity assurance service GOV.UK Verify by March, according to an official statement.Four out of the six services that...
Read MoreAccess-IS has launched its new Supplemental Access Control (SAC) compliant OCR601-Mk2, OCR601-SC and OCR640e devices.Already Extended Access Control (EAC) capable, Access-IS says these new releases completely satisfy the...
Read MoreInternational whistleblower website Wikileaks has revealed a CIA document that advises agency operatives on the risks posed by biometric entry requirements imposed by the European Union's Schengen visa agreement.In a secret...
Read MoreThe US's National Security Agency has revealed some details of privacy and data breaches its analysts have been responsible for over the past 12 years, in a batch of declassified data released on 24 December.The NSA release...
Read MoreArgentina's social security agency has announced that all pensioners will need to undergo biometric registration to receive payments, and that all ATM payment services for benefits must also have fingerprint readers...
Read MoreThe South Australia police department will spend $1.5 million Australian dollars (US$1.3 million) on a facial recognition system that will scan images of suspected offenders against their existing databases.Revealed in tender...
Read MoreUltrasound fingerprint sensor developer Sonavation has purchased the assets of Arkami, an IT security firm best known for developing a thumb drive-sized password management device.Sonavation says the purchase will enable the...
Read MoreChip-making giant Intel has unveiled a password management solution that uses facial recognition for authentication.True Key, which was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will be made available to test users...
Read MoreSecure environment development firm Trustonic has entered into a strategic agreement with Norwegian fingerprint sensor manufacturer IDEX aimed at the mobile security market.The companies say the partnership will enable an...
Read MoreOil giant Chevron has said that it aims to have the systems in place for Apple Pay to be used at its pumps by early 2015.Chevron has supported the tap-to-pay service at its stores and Texaco Extra Mile locations since its...
Read MoreNigeria's Bank of Industry has announced plans to spend 1.1 billion naira (US$6 million) on the development of a profitable smart cards manufacturing sector.The BoI says the funds are hoped to improve the industry to reduce...
Read MoreHong Kong's government plans to replace all the city state's smart ID cards between 2018 and 2022, according to documents filed in its legislative council.The process will cost about HK$3.3 billion and is necessary...
Read MoreThe Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) says it has saved US$13.6 million as a result of distributing some 700,000 eID card readers to government to public and private sector organisations.Eida said in a statement that it had...
Read MoreNorwegian fingerprint sensor manufacturer IDEX has acquired a US$4.5 million software algorithm and patents from a US software developer that the firm believes will give it a competitive edge in the increasingly competitive...
Read MoreGerman research group the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has demonstrated a technique that it claims can take fingerprint data from high-definition photos taken at distance.CCC biometrics researcher Jan Krissler says he replicated...
Read More2014 has been quite a year for biometrics. I'll stick my neck out and pick three key areas that I think will stand out when our biometrics community looks back on 2014 from the next decadeߪ Firstly, there seems to be a...
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