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Pay-With-Face Identity Verification Seeks New Users in Need of Rapid, Secure Payments

Pay-With-Face Identity Verification Seeks New Users in Need of Rapid, Secure Payments
Pay-With-Face Identity Verification Seeks New Users in Need of Rapid, Secure Payments
March 03, 2022  |  Connected Economy

When Meta turned off its Face Recognition System in 2021 primarily over information security and data privacy concerns, and to head off inquisitive regulators, the...

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Could Passwords Give Way to Biometric Authentication?
Could Passwords Give Way to Biometric Authentication?
February 25, 2022  |  Authentication

More than one-third of consumers are willing to use biometric methods for authentication purposes, perhaps spelling the beginning of the end for passwords. Diving deeper...

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The Perils Of “One-Size-Fits-All” Authentication
The Perils Of “One-Size-Fits-All” Authentication
February 25, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

Businesses face an array of challenges when authenticating customers, often because they rely on a single security stack. Recent research by PYMNTS found that more...

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Facial Recognition Is the Biggest Concern on AI
Facial Recognition Is the Biggest Concern on AI
February 23, 2022  |  Artificial Intelligence

When people talk about artificial intelligence (AI), some people think about robots taking over humanity, but the reality is that AI is more about companies...

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Facial Recognition Company Clearview AI Seeks Gov’t Deals Despite Regulatory Woes
Facial Recognition Company Clearview AI Seeks Gov’t Deals Despite Regulatory Woes
February 23, 2022  |  Biometrics

The CEO of Clearview AI, the New York-based facial recognition company, has told Reuters that his goal this year is to ink deals with the...

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SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
February 21, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The mobile phone, increasingly, is becoming the means through which criminals are impersonating unwitting victims, and stealing from them. The FBI said earlier this month...

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Homeland Security Privacy Chief Urges More Ways to Protect Data
Homeland Security Privacy Chief Urges More Ways to Protect Data
February 18, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief privacy officer is calling for stricter rules to protect consumer data. Lynn Parker Dupree, who was appointed to...

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Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
February 16, 2022  |  Digital Identity

California should pause and carefully consider its contract with identity-verification firm ID.me in the wake of privacy concerns about the company’s software, a non-partisan state...

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