Although it wasn't called biometrics at the time, a rudimentary form of the technology emerged in 1901 when Scotland Yard adopted fingerprint classification to identify criminal suspects. The ...

The initiative is described as “international biometric technology in prisons” and framed as part of ongoing bilateral ...

Federal agencies are increasingly relying on facial recognition to verify the identities of U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, with ...

The Transportation Security Administration is looking to revise its biometric data collection and storage practices, ...

In all, 10 of the 16 systems submitted by biometrics vendors for the first phase of RIVR met all of the performance “thresholds” set for RIVR.

The Transportation Security Administration wants to update the way it uses and shares biometric data from Trusted Traveler ...

The iPhone 16e, which started shipping on Friday, underscores Apple's commitment to facial authentication technology, with the new phone for budget-conscious consumers to offer Face ID instead of ...

Biometrics has emerged as a concrete response to this challenge. Unlike traditional credentials, which can be stolen, guessed ...

Biometric systems are increasingly being leveraged across the nation for homeland security missions and the security of U.S. citizens. With this increased implementation, the U.S. Department of ...

The results are in. And as it turns out, despite the naysayers, Americans are happy about the use of biometric security measures at airports. The U.S. Travel Association, in conjunction with Ipsos, ...

Imagine for a moment that you can quickly pass your hand in-between two screens and within seconds have your full identity and background laid out in front of a US government agency. Or, that you can ...

Biometric identification is a foundational part of the United States’ immigration and transportation systems — a quick and, by many measures, secure and fraud-deterring way to confirm individuals’ ...