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Crossmatch - Biometric Update
Sep 24, 2018 · Crossmatch is now HID. Our industry-leading biometric livescan solutions, single finger readers and modules, and award-winning secure authentication software now joins and complements HID’s existing trusted identity management offerings.
Digital public infrastructure a pillar of UN’s ambitious Global …
Sep 23, 2024 · Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has made it into the United Nation’s ambitious Pact for the Future, designed to boost cooperation and multilateralism among member nations.
What we talk about when we talk about ‘humanness’
Dec 26, 2024 · One of the more curious promises of technology in the 21st century is that it can confirm someone’s humanity. It sounds counterintuitive. But as AI becomes an established feature of our daily lives, and bots, deepfakes and scams proliferate, the question of how to verify that an entity is a person and not a machine has become central …
UK govt backs down on immigration document reform
Dec 30, 2024 · All Biometric Residence Permits were due to expire in 2025 as part of the government’s plan to introduce a digital immigration system and implement eVisas for more than four million visa holders in the country. Immigrants and rights groups, however, have claimed that the deadline is too short and may leave many migrants outside of the scheme.. At the beginning of December, the Home Office ...
Accelerate digital ID, review verification trust framework often to ...
Dec 10, 2024 · The report argues that in response, the government must beef up its fraud strategy in an imminent update. Take the threat more seriously, it says, by initiating better intelligence sharing between public and private entities and by offering better support for victims of identity theft and fraud losses.
Forthcoming iPhone 17’s biometrics rumored to utilize novel …
Dec 31, 2024 · A metalens is an optical surface which contains “nanoscale patterns of ‘meta-atoms’” instead of the curved refraction traditional lenses are made with to focus light, as IDTechEx explains. Patently Apple says this allows a single metalens to perform functions that would otherwise require multiple optical components built into the device.
Over 28M Saudi Arabians now have digital ID for easy access to …
Dec 31, 2024 · More than 28 million unified digital IDs have been issued through a Saudi Arabian digital government platform Absher to facilitate access to several public services for citizens. The Ministry of Interior said in a release on December 29 that progress in …
St Kitts & Nevis launches new biometric passport
Nov 18, 2024 · A new era has started in St Kitts and Nevis as the country has seen the launch of a biometric passport with advanced security features. The new passport was launched on November 10 and the country’s Prime Minister, Hon Terrance Drew, was among the first citizens to receive the travel document designed with cutting-edge technology that …
Nigeria’s contactless biometric passport app launches
Nov 4, 2024 · The mobile application dubbed NIS Contactless Biometrics App, which enables the remote capture of face and fingerprint biometrics for passport renewal applicants, launched in Canada on November 1.