NIST launches datasets to help cut error rates
Publication date: January 2020Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2020, Issue 1Author(s): US NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has released three new biometric databases – featuring fingerprints, facial photographs and iris scans – designed to help researchers reduce the error rates of biometric systems. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - January 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: January 2020Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2020, Issue 1Author(s): Tim Ring (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - January 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Amazon vs ACLU: new war of words over facial recognition
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): The ACLU privacy campaign group has claimed that in tests Amazon's controversial Rekognition software wrongly matched over two dozen sports stars, including Superbowl winner Duron Harmon, with criminal mugshots. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Fingerprint bug hits Samsung smartphones
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): Samsung is urging users of its latest flagship Galaxy smartphones to scrap and reload all their fingerprint data, after it emerged the phones can be hijacked through a simple flaw in the biometric system. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
US border staff will capture scar and tattoo biometrics
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): The US Government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has shared details of its planned Amazon cloud-based HART biometric database, which will hold information on over 250 million people crossing in and out of the US. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
FR spots if consumers are happy or ‘hangry’
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): Yoghurt manufacturer Yoplait has found a light-hearted way to apply facial recognition technology: it's using FR in a new advertising campaign in Australia to detect whether consumers are happy or ‘hangry’. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Deepfake videos easily fool face systems, researchers warn
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): A study from Switzerland's Idiap Research Institute has highlighted how vulnerable facial recognition systems are to the growing scourge of ‘deepfake’ videos – with up to 95% of deepfakes remaining undetected by advanced FR systems. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
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Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Digital identity: solving the problem of trust
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): Alan GoodeThe question of how we effectively and securely identify people online and enable them to perform digital tasks in a safe and secure manner is one of the fundamental issues of our time. The first challenge to overcome is that there are multiple definitions of what digital identity is. The market for identity solutions is also complex and fragmented, with many competing technologies being used to solve some of the problems facing our digital lives. Even NIST in its Digital Identity Guidelines struggles to ...
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Protecting privacy: are today's national laws a boon or bane?
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): Aravind Srimoolanathan“Data is the new Oil,” is a well-known notion first coined by UK mathematician and business strategist Clive Humby1. But while data has undoubtedly assumed this pre-eminent role in the current digital era, the fact remains that protecting data from theft and illegal usage is a far more onerous task than securing oil ever was. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Top biometric systems fail to ID transgender people
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): New research by the US University of Colorado Boulder has shown that major facial recognition products from IBM, Amazon, Microsoft and Clarifai have a significant problem identifying people who are transgender. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Tech firms unite to fight face checks ban
Publication date: November–December 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 10Author(s): A coalition of technology industry groups – whose members include Facebook, Google and specialist biometrics firms – are urging US lawmakers to go easy on facial recognition technology (FRT). (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
