Challenges in face biometrics addressed with new tech and research amid high stakes

Big biometrics contracts and deals were the theme of several of the stories on that drew the most interest from Biometric Update readers this week, along with challenges for facial recognition. Idemia is providing a biometric back-end upgrade for Nigeria’s national ID, and the acquisitions of Onfido by Entrust and Vision-Box by Amadeus are now complete. Meanwhile public trust, facial surgery, morph attacks and image quality are getting attention from regulators, researchers and standards committees.

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