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Google to require identity verification for all Android app developers from next year

Google to require identity verification for all Android app developers from next year

2025-08-31 Per Henrikson
Developers in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand face new verification r...
Daon named leader in identity verification amid AI deepfake threats

Daon named leader in identity verification amid AI deepfake threats

2025-08-31 Ian Fleming
Gartner names Daon a Leader in identity verification, citing its advanced biomet...
Incode Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Incode Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

2025-08-31 Ian Fleming
This marks the second consecutive year that Incode has been positioned as a Lead...
Cisco reported a vishing (voice phishing) attack breach that exposed user profile information

Cisco reported a vishing (voice phishing) attack breach that exposed user profile information

2025-08-31 Ian Fleming
The recent Cisco data breach, carried out through a vishing (voice phishing) sca...
Hackers stole 4.4 million users’ personal data from TransUnion

Hackers stole 4.4 million users’ personal data from TransUnion

2025-08-31 Ian Fleming
TransUnion announces that over 4 million individuals’ data was recently exposed...
Players
Daon named leader in identity verification amid AI deepfake threats

Daon named leader in identity verification amid AI deepfake threats

2025-08-31 Ian Fleming
Gartner names Daon a Leader in identity verification, citing its advanced biometric tech and AI defences against rising deepfake fraud threats worldwide.
Incode Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Incode Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

This marks the second consecutive year that Incode has been positioned as a Leader, following the launch of the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Identity Verification in 2024.
iDenfy (LT) signs UK-based proxy provider Ping Proxies

iDenfy (LT) signs UK-based proxy provider Ping Proxies

Ping Proxies is a well-known leader in its ethical proxy network industry, that serves over 35 million residential IPs and a robust ISP proxy lineup in more than 15 countries.

Socure Launches Age Verification Workflows

Entrust Named a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Incode Joins Experian Partner Ecosystem

Market
Google to require identity verification for all Android app developers from next year

Google to require identity verification for all Android app developers from next year

2025-08-31 Per Henrikson
Developers in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand face new verification rules from September 2026. A global rollout of the policy is planned from 2027 onward.
Steam users in the UK will need a credit card to access ‘mature content’ games

Steam users in the UK will need a credit card to access ‘mature content’ games

While platforms like Reddit, Bluesky, and Discord have opted for age verification checks using selfies, Valve is restricting its age checks to just credit cards.
Gaming platform Steam is rolling out the requirement for all users in the UK to verify their age

Gaming platform Steam is rolling out the requirement for all users in the UK to verify their age

The age verification requirement comes ahead of the enforcement of a new online safety act in the UK, which makes online platforms responsible for their users’ safety.

Okta acquires Israeli Axiom to expands its cloud-based identity and permissions management capabilities

Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store

iPhone driver's licenses now available in these 10 US states in Apple Wallet

Technology
Researchers Develop Veritas, A Multi-modal Detector Addressing Deepfake Challenges With Hierarchical Generalization Testing

Researchers Develop Veritas, A Multi-modal Detector Addressing Deepfake Challenges With Hierarchical Generalization Testing

2025-08-30 Ian Fleming
A new dataset and detector, named HydraFake and Veritas, significantly improve deepfake detection by realistically simulating real-world challenges and employing a reasoning process that mimics human forensic analysis, outperforming existing methods on unseen forgery techniques and data
Souh Korea's ETRI to Lead International Standard for Digital Identity Wallets

Souh Korea's ETRI to Lead International Standard for Digital Identity Wallets

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has officially begun developing an international standard for digital identity wallets to lead the way in the digital ID era. Digital identity wallets are the next generation of authentication technology.
Latest NIST age estimation test shows gains by Cognitec, Idemia, Innovatrics, Yoti

Latest NIST age estimation test shows gains by Cognitec, Idemia, Innovatrics, Yoti

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted fresh test results on its benchmark for facial age estimation technologies

Crescent library brings privacy to digital identity systems

WISeKey Unveils Next-Gen WISeID: Decentralized Identity Platform for People and Objects

HID launches new facial recognition, authentication readers in Sydney

Legal
Mastodon Can’t Comply with US Age Verification Laws Due to Decentralization

Mastodon Can’t Comply with US Age Verification Laws Due to Decentralization

2025-08-30 Ian Fleming
Mastodon, a decentralized social network, has declared it cannot comply with new US state age verification laws due to its federated structure and limited resources.
DIACC sees digital ID mutual recognition opportunity in Canada-EU trade deal talks

DIACC sees digital ID mutual recognition opportunity in Canada-EU trade deal talks

A Canada-EU digital trade agreement would compliment the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
U.S. Treasury Department is proposing integration of identity verification mechanisms into decentralized smart contracts

U.S. Treasury Department is proposing integration of identity verification mechanisms into decentralized smart contracts

The initiative, part of the ongoing consultation under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), seeks to evaluate new tools to combat illicit finance in digital asset markets.

Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law

U.S. pushes digital identity as cornerstone of crypto ambitions

Zooming in on AI: Tackling deepfakes around the world