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A day after Christmas in 2020, a 28-year-old Chinese man lifted his sleeping ex-girlfriend’s eyelids, scanned her iris to unlock Alipay and transferred $24,000 to pay off his gambling debtsA disturbing incident unfolded in Nanning, China, where a 28-year-old man deceitfully stole nearly $24,000 from his ex-girlfriend's Alipay ...- Sam Altman’s eye-scanning identification tech expands to UKTools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, is launching its eye-scanning Orb devices in the UK, starting in London and expanding to othe...
- How a BTech dropout floated fake passport and UIDAI portals to tamper with data of over 1,500 Aadhaar cardholders across 12 statesUttar Pradesh police busted a hi-tech identity fraud racket. The gang tampered with Aadhaar data of over 1,500 people across 12 states. Pol...
- Worldcoin scans eyeballs and offers crypto. What to know about the project from OpenAI's CEOThe international ID startup, backed by big names in Silicon Valley, is now having to defend itself in investigations over whether the biom...
- A foundational ID system to give identity to millions across the globeA Bengaluru varsity has been working on a project to enable citizens to get foundational IDs to avail of various services from their respec...
- Aadhaar: A bit of resin is putting India’s welfare system at riskAadhaar is being very successfully used — by fraudsters. Blame it on ubiquity combined with lax controls. While the unique ID was conceived...
- Opposition ‘should show concern’ for rights of victims too, says Amit Shah“Those who are citing human rights should also think about the human rights of rape victims. They (opposition) only worry about rapists and...
- Aadhaar: Everything you need to know about itIf you want to know more about this important personal document, the articles below cover a big range of Aadhaar-related topics, right from...
- Banks opening accounts using Aadhaar copy without biometric/OTP check will be liable for loss: UIDAIIf a bank account is opened by accepting Aadhaar without biometric or OTP authentication and other verification, then bank will be held res...
- Watch out, Aadhaar biometrics are an easy target for hackersBiometric data, unlike passwords, can never be changed, so if hackers successfully impersonate a fingerprint then they can cause serious ha...
- Benefits of Aadhaar are real but so are fears of biometric theft. Here's whyAadhaar is being used to authenticate customers faster in businesses like financial services or banking by doing eKYC, eSigning of document...
- PM Modi's Aadhaar program wins World Bank praise amid 'big brother' fearsThe biometric identifier program Aadhaar has taken on a life of its own, authenticating loans and job seekers, pensions and money transfers...
- A billion India identities at risk as PM Narendra Modi widens digital reachThe govt is seeking to link the database, with info on about 88 percent of the population of more than 1.2 bn, including children, to all s...
- Privacy under threat in an age of biometricsThe privacy bill should ensure that the government does not preemptively amass information about citizens.
- Diplomatic licenceIn the light of the latest round of WikiLeaks, it may be worth examining whether the guestlist at events organised by US embassies have bee...
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