As the Super Bowl approaches, there is the usual uncertainty. Which team will win? Which commercials will be talked about most in the following days? Which brands will blow it? Will Tom Brady turn in his jersey after the game for an AARP card and...
You can’t have trust without some type of trusted authority, and any type of authority is fragile without a reasonable level of trust. Those ancient lessons apply to everything from politics to culture to economics — and now, they are playing out in the world...
By some accounts, approximately 70 percent of the world’s population will reside in smart cities by 2050. The following Deep Dive explores how digital IDs will be key to unlocking the full potential of smart cities, from collecting transportation fares to improving emergency services response...
Consumers increasingly use on-demand moving services for last-mile delivery. That requires a double-binding trust: trusting movers to handle items with care, and movers' trust of consumers to provide a safe work environment and pay them. In the new Digital Identity Tracker, Kristin Smith, COO of...
Historically, smiles and other facial expressions have inspired painters and songwriters, engendered trust, given turbo-charged power to compliments and praise, and set the tone for appointments, meetings and first dates. Now, they promise to help consumers unlock mobile apps and other such doors into the...
For consumers, working with various institutions>— such as banks, government agencies and medical systems — often means remembering just as many account passwords for accessing the services, and authenticating their digital identity (ID). Forgetting their account passwords can make it hard to complete basic tasks, and...
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is gearing up to add fingerprint scanning for Android devices. According to a report in Money Control, the launch of the new feature, which is aimed at boosting privacy for users, will require users to authenticate their identity to unlock...
Biometrics promise to take a larger role in authentication security in 2019, helping to stop online fraud and bringing speed, efficiency and security to transactions ranging from QSR mobile-order ahead to airport car rentals. But at the same time, the laws governing biometrics are a...
At times, it seemed it would not get this far: the Real ID Act. States resisted the post-9/11 authentication law, and sought extensions to its deadlines. Citizens raised complaints to lawmakers about the hassle of collecting birth certificates to prove identity, and the prospect of...
