2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (225+ words) By Joshua W.J. Brown Accessibility standards make the same point from another direction. Canada’s CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024 says that when ICT uses biological characteristics, it must not rely on one particular biological characteristic as the only means of identification or control. The…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (912+ words) By the end of 2026, EU Member States are expected to make European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallets available to citizens. What follows is potentially even more consequential. Very large online platforms will be required to accept an EUDI Wallet when users…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (615+ words) The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English historian and politician Lord Acton that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” One is aspirational, one is…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1265+ words) According to a new RAND Europe report, security agencies adopting biometric identification, digital identity, and AI systems should be required to justify the need for the technology before acquiring it and to build independent oversight, audit trails, and human rights…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (366+ words) Whether because of its age, its product focus or its relatively anemic branding, Microsoft has not caught much public scrutiny in debates over age assurance. Apple and Google, which make phones, run their operating systems and manage their app stores,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (575+ words) Pakistani officials are considering adding iris biometrics to SIM card registration after concluding that fingerprint-based verification alone has failed to curb identity theft and fraudulent SIM use. The proposal reflects growing recognition that relying on a single biometric modality can…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1036+ words) The suit further alleges that Meta has used images to train generative AI models without obtaining consent. The 66-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges Meta used images depicting both users and non-users…...

6+ day, 20+ min ago   (435+ words) Scotland’s Biometrics Commissioner is calling for a new national strategy for public-space surveillance, arguing that the country’s 2011 CCTV framework no longer reflects the realities of AI-enabled analytics, live facial recognition and modern policing. Scotland’s current strategy predates the emergence of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (826+ words) Germany-based BASF subsidiary trinamiX has sued Apple in U.S. federal court, alleging that Face ID technology in newer iPhones and iPads infringes seven patents covering techniques for distinguishing human skin from masks and other materials during facial authentication. The lawsuit, filed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (258+ words) The trademarked technology combines OCR data extraction for any type of document with selfie biometrics and returns a similarity score for organizations to use in flexible, risk-based decisions, according to the announcement. The process is completed locally on the user’s…...