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DHS Sets its Research Sights on 8 Emerging Technologies (Government Executive, May 29, 2024)
One component of the agency’s strategic plan is upgrading current biometric systems. DHS has already leveraged biometric and other facial recognition technologies over the years, and the agency noted in the plan that it will investigate upgrading and securing its biometric infrastructure.
 

Biometric Vehicle Registration System Inaugurated in Sindh (Daily Times, May 30, 2024)
Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport, Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control, Sharjeel Inam Memon, inaugurated the biometric vehicle registration and modern queue management system at the Excise Motor Registration Wing office located in the Karachi Civic Center.
 

Synthetic Identities: The Darker Side of Generative AI (Forbes, May 29, 2024)
Synthetic identities are a newly emerged fraud variation that manipulates ID verification and facial biometric authentication systems. However, present data checks for customer identity verification are no longer viable to detect fraud. Fighting such attempts requires robust biometric verification along with rigid document verification checks.
 

Fido Alliance Introduces Face Verification Certification for Remote Biometrics (Finextra, May 29, 2024)
The FIDO Alliance announced today the launch of the first globally available certification program to test and certify the performance of remote biometric identity verification technology when verifying a user against a trusted identity document for accuracy, liveness, and bias.
 

Humanity Protocol Founder Pushes Palm Biometrics for Digital ID (MobileIDWorld, May 29, 2024)
“Palm recognition technology offers a balanced combination of security, robustness, and better user experience compared to other forms of biometrics,” Kwok said in an interview with Crypto Briefing. “We’re already familiar with using fingerprints and facial recognition on our devices, but palm scans take it a step further with intricate vein patterns and other unique attributes that tend to stay the same over the course of an individual’s life.”

 

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