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Open ID draft spec for extended identity claims assurance up for approval
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (265+ words) Voting is open for approval of a draft specification to extend Open ID Connect to cover new features for requesting and receiving "meta-information" about claims. The extension is intended to ease privacy-preserving KYC checks with digital IDs. The Open ID…...
FTC settlement targets sale of mobile location data linked to sensitive sites
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (645+ words) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has moved to prohibit Sandpoint, Idaho-based data broker Kochava and its subsidiary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Collective Data Solutions (CDS), from selling, sharing, or disclosing sensitive location data without consumers" affirmative express consent. The agency"s…...
FCC seeks comment on KYC revision for commercial phone calls
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (334+ words) The U. S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed stronger KYC requirements for voice service providers to prevent scams and illegal calls from reaching potential victims in American homes and businesses. Enhanced KYC can also make accountability for scam calls that get…...
Metalenz debuts under-display camera for payment-grade face authentication
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (451+ words) Unlocking a smartphone with your face used to require a camera placed in a notch or a punch hole in the screen. Optical sensing company Metalenz has announced a new under-display camera that it says can perform face biometric authentication…...
Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (707+ words) The internet is seeing a wide-scale push towards identity verification and age assurance, but the question remains: how can users ensure their privacy? Researchers at Harvard have developed their own solution, the Keyring wallet, an open-source identity verification tool that…...
Utah age assurance law for VPN users takes effect this week
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (605+ words) Privacy advocates and virtual private network (VPN) providers are up in arms over Utah's Senate Bill 73 (SB 73), "Online Age Verification Amendments," which applies to any user located in Utah, regardless of whether or not they are using a VPN to…...
Many smartphones don't detect face biometrics spoofs or properly warn consumers | Biometric Update
2+ week, 2+ day ago (388+ words) Biometric liveness detection remains a significant "flaw" and a "vulnerability" of most Android smartphones with facial unlocking. Most are still prone to simplistic and low-cost spoofs available to inexpert attackers, according to an analysis by Which? . The convenience factor of…...
Send Quick selects Yoti to unify enterprise authentication with reusable digital ID | Biometric Update
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (20+ words) Mobile messaging firm Send Quick has selected Yoti to streamline enterprise authentication with reusable digital identity using FIDO2-based login infrastructure....
Unico highlights importance of defense amid World Cup i Gaming surge | Biometric Update
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (27+ words) The approach of the World Cup is expected to coincide with a 300 percent increase in phishing attacks and identity theft attempts, many carried out with AI....
Shift to SSI could preserve security of India's digital ecosystem at scale | Biometric Update
1+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) DSCI and the Digi Yatra Foundation have released a joint paper that argues for India's digital identity systems move to decentralized, consent'driven models....