US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector
Residents of Portland can demand $1,000 in damages for each day their new rights are violated. The impact will extend beyond Portland.
Tanzania Restricts Number of SIMs per Customer
Subscribers will need to write to the regulator if they want more than one phone line from the same operator.
Dealer Commits Fraud Using Fake Fingerprints
6,000 Vodafone SIMs were activated by creating bogus fingerprints using data downloaded from India’s national biometric database.
1 Trillion Mobile Biometric Transactions by 2022; What Can Go Wrong?
A new report says mobile biometrics will be worth USD50bn within 5 years, but we need societies to also consider the costs.
Biometrics and MTN: A World of Possibilities
The South African telco will authenticate postpaid subscribers by deploying fingerprint technology in all of their stores.
How Will the eSim Impact Fraud Management?
Embedded SIMs will counter some traditional fraud threats whilst creating new kinds of opportunities for ingenious hackers.
Why India Is Racing Ahead with Know Your Customer Biometrics
Shankar Palaniandy of FRS Labs talks about the Indian national ID database and its impact on customer verification and services.
10 RAFM Issues: The Rise of Biometrics
Biometric technology has improved rapidly in recent years. We should be keen to adopt biometrics that will prevent fraud, whilst remaining mindful of the many risks.
Police 3D Print Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock Phone
The ability to create a substitute finger shows why even biometric controls need to be supplemented by other lines of defense.