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Chris Burt

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
162
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris Burt

    Canada begins gradual rollout of SSO for digital government services | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    Canada’s government is boldly leading the country’s digital public services into the present, or at least the recent past. A single sign-on (SSO) service called “CanadaLogin” was introduced this week with little fanfare, but with a roadmap and ambitions to remake Canada’s online federal government services with enhanced security, convenience and usability. Currently, Canadian use any of 90 different paths to access more than 270 online services provided by the federal government. The government

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris Burt

    Travel industry players unite to chart ‘Responsible Biometrics’ path for regulators | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    Major players in Europe’s travel industry are joining forces to push for the European Union’s Digital Omnibus to adopt technology-neutral rules supporting voluntary and secure biometrics use and passenger choice in travel. Biometrics and travel industry groups launched the Responsible Biometrics Travel Industry Coalition on Thursday. Idemia Public Security, Amadeus, SITA, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are founding members of th

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Chris Burt

    NIST tests show progress on key challenges in fingerprint biometrics capture | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    The technology for capturing fingerprint biometrics has reached the point where many of the advances that matter most are not in minute improvements in match rates with scans for single or even multiple fingers. Instead, some of the more consequential challenges now involve segmenting images of hands into distal phalanges, or upper finger joints, and contactless capture with regular smartphones. Sopra Steria is encouraged by the results of its first submission of software to NIST’s Slap Fingerpr

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Chris Burt

    UK invites digital ID providers to join testing for machine-readable DVS register | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    The UK’s machine-readable register for Digital Verification Services (DVSs) is nearly ready, and the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes wants DVS Providers to help test the infrastructure behind it. OfDIA announced its intentions with the machine-readable DVS register in July to replace the current register. Making the register machine-readable is intended to support automated checks so that the system can scale. OfDIA identified the machine-readable version of the register as a priori

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Chris Burt

    Uneven age check enforcement has warped UK’s online adult content market: Aylo | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    Online age checks are driving traffic from responsible pornographers, allowing the least ethical adult content platforms to flourish in their stead, according to an adult industry titan. A better solution, Aylo argues, is Apple’s device-level age verification, which could level the playing field. That is the age assurance method the company has implemented to enable its return to the UK market while meeting its regulatory requirements. Additional information shared with Biometric Update by Aylo

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