U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday (May 18) wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether identity verification services provider ID.me, which is used by federal and state agencies, made “multiple misleading statements” about its facial recognition use. Wyden wrote a letter to...
Online verification service ID.me, which counts the IRS among its clients and recently endured criticism over certain practices, Thursday (Feb. 24) announced a decidedly low-tech way to blunt critics. The company added people to the mix, in part to override automated processes that critics said...
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 advisor has recommended. In a report issued to Governor Gavin Newsom’s office Tuesday (Feb. 15), the California Legislative Analyst’s Office...
Biometrics firm ID.me is dropping the facial recognition component of its identity verification software used by a host of states and federal agencies. As The Washington Post reported Wednesday (Feb. 9), the move represents a significant reversal, coming in the wake of backlash regarding privacy...
November 12, 2018
It started in the early 1980s: The nation began to repent for what was commonly viewed as the shabby treatment of Vietnam War veterans. It caught speed in the early 1990s upon completion of the Gulf War. Later that decade, in a cultural movement that included the publication of The Greatest Generation and the release […]
May 28, 2018
It was two weeks before Blake Hall’s unit would deploy for combat in Iraq, and suddenly he and his 32 men were being told they weren’t going into direct combat...
September 11, 2017
What have we learned from the Equifax hack? Maybe nothing? Maybe everything? Maybe something in between? The stats are alarming, of course. Equifax, which is one of the triumvirate of major consumer...
April 07, 2017
Cyberspace is opening up new battle fronts between individuals, corporations and even nations. At Innovation Project 2017, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Jim Stavridis and a panel of cyber...
November 17, 2022
While apparently attempting to promote the need for its identity verification services, facial recognition company ID.me overstated the amount of fraud around pandemic-related federal funds and understated the delays caused by its processing of applications. Those are among the findings of two Congressional committees that looked into the state and federal contractor after reports of […]
May 18, 2022
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday (May 18) wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether identity verification services provider ID.me, which is used by federal and state...
February 24, 2022
Online verification service ID.me, which counts the IRS among its clients and recently endured criticism over certain practices, Thursday (Feb. 24) announced a decidedly low-tech way to blunt critics. The...
February 16, 2022
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 advisor has recommended. In a...
