FBI deploys Iris ID technology for law enforcement

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has implemented the Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service utilising…

Using Aadhaar biometrics for forensics technically & legally not feasible: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Delhi High Court that it was not legally and technologically…

India makes biometrics compulsory in e-govt programmes

The Indian government has released new e-govt guidelines that make biometrics a compulsory authentication factor. The staff…

From the Editor's Desk: May 2014

India has relied on visual identification of its people till now. Most of our ID documents are still based on photographs as…