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The debate over active or passive liveness detection and frictionless biometrics

The challenge for biometrics today is that nearly all modalities need to have additional security layers. Nowadays fraudsters have found ways to bypass on-boarding or authentication procedures and in order to make biometrics more secure, liveness detection or anti-spoofing solutions are required to back up the process. Of course, adding additional...

09 December 2019 /retail Biometrics

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Convenience vs Security: The future of facial recognition

Developed in the mid-sixties and first commercially introduced in the 1970s, facial recognition technology has since made huge strides. Now, it's considered a significant feature for major players in mobile and has helped improve security in law enforcement and defence. But given its much improved performance and convenience, it’s important to und...

17 June 2019 /security Biometrics

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