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If FindBiometrics’ weekly roundup of top stories is a kind of mirror for the biometrics industry, this week it’s reflecting a lot of faces. All of this week’s most popular stories revolve around face biometrics. Selfie authentication remains an ascendant trend, with one of this week’s most-read articles detailing a new authentication system that relies […]
The Duxbury Fire Department in Duxbury, Massachusetts, will be outfitting its firefighters with biometric Oura rings to monitor their health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA has made the rings available to basketball players in the league’s bubble in Orlando, although Duxbury is the first fire department to take advantage of the new technology. “I […]
Axios is reporting that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading an investigation into social media giant Facebook for possible breaches of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices — Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), with Paxton reportedly looking into whether the company illegally obtained biometric data from its users. The DTPA aims to protect consumers in the […]
Two of the biggest names in biometrics have issued a joint White Paper detailing the benefits of AI-driven face authentication. The paper, entitled “Enhancing Trust with AI-Driven Biometrics“, is jointly presented by FaceTec and Jumio, ID verification and authentication specialists leading the current digital onboarding trend with remote enrollment, face authentication and biometric liveness technology. […]
A recent investigative report by Reuters found that American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp had been using facial recognition technology in 200 of its stores across the United States, with the vast majority of the deployments focused in predominantly non-white lower income neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Manhattan. Investigators with Reuters found that 33 of […]
At FindBiometrics we trace the evolution of our dynamic industry as it happens, and with the catalyzing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic spotlighting the need for biometrics, now is a perfect time to reflect on the past, present, and future of identity. That’s the subject of this special episode of ID Talk, in which podcast […]
NEC is forming a strategic partnership with Realeyes, a computer vision and emotion detection specialist based in the UK. The two companies have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding, and will work together to develop and market a new emotion analysis solution on a global scale. The decision was made with an eye toward the […]
“…this technology could be used to provide input to a wide range of devices, including computers, mobile devices, wearables like smart watches, and even video game controllers.” Fingerprint Cards has an updated patent filing for a hybrid capacitive and optical fingerprint sensor system. Filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the patent describes […]
The prototype for a new biometric identification app has been developed by the Defense Digital Service (DDS) in a collaboration with soldiers from the United States Army that aims to help service members tell the difference between friends and enemies on the battlefield. The app, called the Basic Optical Biometric Analysis (BOBA), operates in the […]
It looks like a lot of FindBiometrics readers are eager to start travelling again. At least, safe air travel appears to be top of mind, judging by this week’s roundup of our most popular articles. NEC, for example, got a lot of attention with its news that it will provide facial recognition and temperature screening […]
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