This week, a number of recent biometrics products, certifications, manufacturers, and contracts made news, including Reltime’s biometric payment card and IriTech’s new cooperation, which represent decentralized identification and Web3. New accreditation for Xydus in the United Kingdom, the debut of ZeroBiometrics, and a contract win for Pangea are all evidence of the development of digital identity across several domains.
The week’s most significant biometrics-related events
Entrust has verified that a hacker stole personal information in a recent breach. It is unknown to the public what type of information was stolen or whether it contains sensitive personal information used in Entrust’s digital identification services. The company claims its investigation is ongoing.
Reltime will offer a Web3 biometric payment card with the capacity for cold storage and digital ID. The company raised $50 million to bring this product and the rest of its suite of financial services products to market, which includes a decentralized exchange, NFT Market, and Metaverse SDK.
Iris biometrics from IriTech have been incorporated into IBCT’s Decentralized Identification Information Hub to safeguard access to its “hardware” pockets. According to the partners, the pockets are part of an SSI ecosystem that is unrivaled in terms of security among blockchain and metaverse services.
The federal court judge hearing the case did not like Amazon’s second attempt to have a civil suit brought against company for alleged biometric information privacy infringement dismissed with the same justification. Clearview asserted that the multidistrict litigation against it lacked private jurisdiction, but similarly failed to get dismissal of the case.
In an interview with Biometric Replace, former FTC Acting Director Daniel Kaufman states that the U.S. Federal Government is likely to take swift action on information privacy, but his former agency is unlikely to take the lead. The panel is plagued by partisanship, but it has the authority to create rules if Congress fails to do so.
A group of IEEE researchers has published a study outlining the threat posed by master face assaults to facial recognition algorithms. Presentation attacks based on latent variable evolution algorithms may produce matches to numerous enrolled biometric templates, constituting a “serious security risk.”
How can bias be most easily measured using biometric methods? NIST solicits comments from subject matter experts for its second report on bias in facial recognition. In FRVT Half 8, five metrics are considered, although none have been perfected as of yet. Based on the findings of the test, Corsight states that it has achieved parity in match rates between women and men, as well as between white and Black individuals.
Accredited alongside partner Vialto, Xydus is one of the first organizations permitted by the UK Belief Framework to perform ‘Proper to Work’ DBS checks. Mastercard has been authorized under Australia’s Trusted Digital Identification Framework, joining a restricted list of providers of ID issuance and management services.
Jumio’s Chief of Digital Identification, Philipp Pointner, writes for Open Entry Authorities that the delay in the United Kingdom’s approval of the On-line Security Bill need not prohibit businesses from increasing their efforts to protect minors. Pointner claims that the public strongly supports stronger steps to prevent youngsters from accessing improper sites and that digital identification now makes this practicable.
The majority of SenseTime’s revenue will be generated by facial recognition and artificial intelligence in electric vehicles, according to a prediction of the company’s future, and the company has a considerable amount of cash on hand due to its recent IPO. However, another source regards Megvii’s existing reliance on domestic smart city contracts as a cause for concern.
Infinity has rebranded its QuantumCrypt biometric hashing platform as ZeroBiometrics and introduced an enhanced version of its technology to allow high-security and privacy-preserving authentication. ZeroFace, the platform’s flagship product, may now be integrated with Android and iOS features.
The UK Home Office has published an RFP for three biometrics suppliers to provide self-service kiosks for immigration duties. Each successful bidder will get up to £500,000 for the provision of at least four kiosks.
Pangea and OSD have been awarded a contract to design and issue biometric passports for Andorra, with full deployment expected by the end of the year. The partners will provide the small European nation with registration systems, data encryption, and printing services.
The Director of Research at Pindrop reveals to Biometric Replace how the company achieved its current position in the voice biometrics market and how it accounts for the aging of people’s voices. In addition, he addresses the possibilities of voice technology for age estimation and the future of voice interaction.
