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Missing fingerprint liveness detection opens the door for Aadhaar spoofing...
Aadhaar is leaking again, and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is facing questions about the deployment of liveness detection in its biometric fingerprint authentication system....
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Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG...
An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more countries of the Global South to develop and deploy digital public infrastructure (DPI) in order to...
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India layers new IDs for workers on top of Aadhaar, as DPI projects expand
The ecosystem of India’s national digital identity program, Aadhaar, continues to grow, with new linkages between the digital ID and vocation-specific identifiers aiming to make sure benefits get to...
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India is struggling with deepfakes and making tech platforms pay for it
India has a deepfake problem. On Thursday, co-founder of IT giant Infosys Narayana Murthy warned about deepfake videos of him recommending automated trading apps circulating the internet and warned...
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SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer
India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and terrorism trends in neighboring Pakistan in pushing for the change. The...
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Sri Lanka to launch new digital ID contract tender before 2023 runs out
A tender to select a firm to print Sri Lanka’s new digital ID cards will be launched before 2023 winds down, and the announcement of the winner will be made within the first quarter of next year. The...
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Accura Scan contactless biometrics, Signzy partnership to tackle fresh KYC...
Indian biometrics and digital ID providers are forming new partnerships to firm up defense against increasingly sophisticated forms of fraud. New contactless options from Accura Scan Accura Scan,...
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Digital health ID issuance reaches 500M people in India
In India, under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), the National Health Authority (NHA) has granted Ayushman Bharat health account (ABHA) ID numbers to 500 million people, according to an...
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FBI director’s India visit prompts new policy on sharing biometrics of fugitives
During the first visit by an FBI director to India in twelve years, current agency director Christopher Wray urged Indian authorities to begin collecting biometric data on fugitive criminals – which,...
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Biometrics and psychometrics used in loan management for EVs
RevFin, an Indian fintech company that uses biometrics and psychometrics in loan underwriting and management for electric vehicles, has received $14 million in funding led by Omidyar Network to...
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India’s Aadhaar payment system AePS sees rising financial fraud cases: report
Online fraud through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS), a platform that allows merchants to accept payment from customers through Aadhaar authentication, accounted for 11 percent of online...
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Next Biometrics wins new $1.15M volume order amid steady Asian market...
Next Biometrics is set to complete delivery of a stock of FAP20 fingerprint sensors to a Singapore-based customer by the end of Q1 2024, following a 12 million NOK (US$1.15 million) volume order it...
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Air travellers allegedly having biometrics enrolled in Digi Yatra without...
Some security personnel and private staff at airports in India have been capturing air travelers’ face biometrics to enroll them in the Digi Yatra program without first getting their consent, The...
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Harmonized data repository for student digital ID in India about to go live
A platform that will serve as a central data repository for a student digital ID scheme dubbed “One Nation One Student ID” in India is set to reach operation in February. It will be used as a data...
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India counts on Aadhaar authentication to reduce tax registration fraud
India has launched a recent crackdown in a number of states to curb the rate of Input Tax Credit (ITC) evasion and fraudulent registrations related to Goods and Services Tax (GST). The country is...
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India threatens to block platforms for spreading deepfakes ahead of elections
With general elections set to begin in April, India continues to crack down on deepfakes – by threatening the platforms used to share them. Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has warned tech...
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India govt blocks plans to procure facial recognition, drones to monitor...
A request by the government of India’s National Informatics Centre (NIC) to acquire surveillance technology including drones and biometrics for election security has been blocked by the Election...
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Chinese hardware raises biometric data security concerns in India, Scotland
Computer chips and cameras from China have sparked fresh data security worries two continents. Indian security officials have been probing likely data breaches from the use of biometric attendance...
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Biometrics to be collected from 1M poor Indians for Dharavi slum...
Poor Indians living in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai for the past 24 years will next month be biometrically registered for a housing redevelopment project. According to Reuters, the registration is part...
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Digi Yatra still ruffling feathers among air travelers, but keeps growing
A new survey says almost a third of passengers enrolled in the Digi Yatra biometric system were signed up without their knowing, underscoring recent allegations that staff and security personnel at...
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