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More than a decade after it joined the Fido Alliance, Mastercard says its new service will make it easy for businesses to integrate biometrics for users logging into apps or websites and making purchases online.
FinExtra
AI-generated fake biometric images are so good that in two years many firms will not accept facial recognition alone for identity verification and authentication.
it World Canada
The world will look towards Europe, which is poised to approve ground-breaking legislation via the AI Act, which, among other measures, bans the real-time use of biometric analysis via sensitive characteristics in public spaces (with an exception for law enforcement).
Verdict
In 2024, we can anticipate advancements in under-display fingerprint sensors and even more accurate facial recognition technology.
Fonehouse
Many states have focused on passing new laws to protect health-care and biometric data, which legal experts expect will likely continue as a theme in 2025.
Digiday
Biometric technology, such as facial recognition and fingerprint scanning, will continue to evolve in 2023.
TechBullion
The use of facial recognition, for example, is expected to double in the next few years.
IEC e-tech
Brussels finalized in December a new law, the Artificial Intelligence Act, governing how law enforcement will be able to use AI tools like facial recognition software to go through footage and images.
Politico
73% of banks plan to implement facial recognition by 2025 per Juniper Research.
ExpertBeacon
The Home Office recently signed a contract with IBM worth £54.7m for a biometric data platform that will include a service allowing law enforcement services across the UK to match facial image data.
PublicTechnology
In sign-up sites around the world, people have been getting their faces scanned by a shiny spherical orb, shrugging off privacy campaigners' concerns that the biometric data could be misused.
Reuters
World ID verification is coming to Germany, such that users will be able to get fully verified using custom-designed hardware that employs biometric data.
CoinDesk
Spain will need to resolve strong divergences between the European Parliament and Member States, such as whether to permit the use of real-time biometric identification - a use MEPs have called to ban but which Member States maintain is essential for effective law enforcement.
Portland
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition - even with laws and limits in place.
Pulitzer Center
In 2024, biometric authentication will become more prevalent, not only on smartphones but also in various sectors, including banking, healthcare, and government services, ensuring personalized and robust security measures.
TechBullion
Israel is known for heavily monitoring Gaza and anyone who could be connected to Hamas using both traditional intelligence-gathering techniques and digital surveillance like facial recognition and spyware.
Wired UK
World IDs will use zero-knowledge proofs to protect the underlying data, including biometric, Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering data.
CoinTelegraph
Other recent Apple patents include innovations in facial recognition software that could help combat poor eyesight in its mixed-reality headsets.
Biometric Update |
Facial recognition software could allow for keyless entry, and remote monitoring will enable homeowners to keep an eye on their property from anywhere in the world.
Futurist Speaker
China's public security departments are working with state facilities to conduct safety assessments of facial recognition and other relevant technology, as well as to identify potential risks in facial recognition verification systems.
ZDNet
Municipalities in four states along the northern border of Mexico have technology with facial recognition capabilities and that at least two of them acquired Dahua and Hikvision cameras, banned in the United States due to the risk of espionage by the Chinese Government.
Empower
In Detroit, law enforcement is using facial recognition technology in the hopes that it will protect businesses and residences.
Center for Academic Innovation
Last updated: 11 February 2024
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