This arrangement is part of negotiations tied to the US Visa Waiver Program and the Enhanced Border Security Partnership.

Although it wasn't called biometrics at the time, a rudimentary form of the technology emerged in 1901 when Scotland Yard adopted fingerprint classification to identify criminal suspects. The ...

The initiative is described as “international biometric technology in prisons” and framed as part of ongoing bilateral ...

Federal agencies are increasingly relying on facial recognition to verify the identities of U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, with ...

The Transportation Security Administration wants to update the way it uses and shares biometric data from Trusted Traveler ...

Imagine for a moment that you can quickly pass your hand in-between two screens and within seconds have your full identity and background laid out in front of a US government agency. Or, that you can ...

Biometric identification is a foundational part of the United States’ immigration and transportation systems — a quick and, by many measures, secure and fraud-deterring way to confirm individuals’ ...

With enterprises constantly on the lookout for better security, biometrics is increasingly seen as a better alternative for authenticating digital identities than outdated authentication methods such ...

The results are in. And as it turns out, despite the naysayers, Americans are happy about the use of biometric security measures at airports. The U.S. Travel Association, in conjunction with Ipsos, ...

A federal raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home has raised concerns about press freedom and digital privacy, after court documents revealed investigators were authorized to attempt ...

The iPhone 16e, which started shipping on Friday, underscores Apple's commitment to facial authentication technology, with the new phone for budget-conscious consumers to offer Face ID instead of ...