The biometric program at HMP Isis prison in London requires inmates to authenticate their identities via thumbprint before moving from one area to the next. System errors, however, have been leading to back-ups that leads to all prisoners waiting before they can move on, according to an article from The Telegraph. A report detailing the […]
20 Jan, 2012Biometric system failures causing major problems at London prison
20 Jan, 2012Journalist spoofs biometric checkpoint at Hong Kong-China border
A journalist for the Mingpao Daily has managed to spoof a biometric self-service kiosk used for immigration clearance at the Hong Kong-China border, according to a PC Advisor article. The spoofing was aided by a fingerprint cast kit bought from a Chinese online retailer called Taobao for under the equivalent of $15. While the journalist […]
20 Jan, 2012Turkcell launches mobile wallet on BlackBerry phones
Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet application on BlackBerry Bold 9900 smart phones. Turkcell subscribers with NFC-enabled Bold 9900s can now use the mobile wallet service to make contactless payments at any MasterCard PayPass-enabled point of sale across Turkey, as well as abroad. Customers can […]
20 Jan, 2012Microsoft mandates NFC mark on Windows 8 devices
Microsoft is requiring that all NFC-enabled PC’s and tablets running on the Windows 8 operating system be marked with a special NFC insignia, according to NFC Times. The marking will indicate to users where the NFC chip is embedded in the device, thus making it easier to tap two tablets together to share information or […]
19 Jan, 2012New Android app determines age via face recognition
A new app for mobile phones running on the Android operating system has been developed by AppTech that purports to be capable of recognizing a person’s age via the built-in camera on the phones. The app, called ReconAge, utilizes face recognition technology from biometric developer Cognitec Tecnologia Brazil and data processing technology from data processing […]
19 Jan, 2012SmartMetric introduces biometric-enhanced EMV card
In an effort to increase the security of the current EMV chip and PIN, SmartMetric has created an EMV card enhanced with biometrics. The SmartMetric Chip & Biometric EMV Card incorporates fingerprints to activate the card. It’s designed to increase the security of standard EMV chip and PIN cards, which SmartMetric claims are still vulnerable […]
19 Jan, 2012Report: 2012, the Tipping Point for RFID technology in the retail market
2012 is predicted to become a “tipping point” for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI). Studies show that item-level adoption of RFID is gaining a lot of attention. Some of North America’s largest retailers have already begun to initiate pilots using RFID to […]