Biometric payment card startup Zwipe has swiped $14M to add to an earlier Series B round as it continues to work towards commercializing technology that embeds a fingerprint reader in payment plastic for an added layer of security. “We are not commercially rolled out yet, we expect that to happen in the second half of this […]
View More Zwipe tops up with $14M to bring biometric payment cards to market this yearCategory: Fingerprint
Researchers discover a new way to identify 3D printed guns
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have found that 3D printers have fingerprints, essentially slight differences in design that can be used to identify prints. This means investigators can examine the layers of a 3D printed object and pinpoint exactly which machine produced the parts. “3D printing has many wonderful uses, but it’s also a […]
View More Researchers discover a new way to identify 3D printed gunsFido Alliance adds a biometrics certification program to help fight spoofing
In a move aimed at upping standards across biometric user verification systems, the industry consortium, Fido Alliance, has launched a certification program for biometrics systems. “The goal of the Biometric Certification Component Program is to provide a framework for the certification of biometric subsystems that can in turn be integrated into FIDO Certified authenticators,” it writes on its […]
View More Fido Alliance adds a biometrics certification program to help fight spoofingPolice catch criminal after spotting fingerprint in WhatsApp photo
Even on encrypted messaging platforms, be careful what you send.
Police officers in South Wales were able to identify a drug dealer’s fingerprints from an old WhatsApp photo, the BBC reports. The fingerprint helped secure 11 drug-trafficking co…