2026-02-09
Per Henrikson
Identity verification company Entrust has launched a security partnership with Google amid a rapid rise in sophisticated identity fraud.
2026-02-10
Ian Fleming
Discord first implemented its age verification tools in July 2025 in response to the amendments made to the UK’s Online Safety Act, which requires service providers hosting user-generated content to implement age checks.
The Nepal Digital Transformation Project will invest in digital platforms including an integrated online citizen service portal and an integrated social registry; a secure government-wide data exchange; and a digital locker to manage verifiable credentials and digital wallet.
Parents can add the digital document to the Service Victoria app, which offers over 170 government services, including veterans card, seniors card, and mDL.
2026-02-01
Per Henrikson
In this first of three DHS RIVR evaluation tracks, Paravision was among a small group of vendors that met DHS’s highest Goals across all core accuracy and reliability metrics — and the only vendor to also meet the rally’s most demanding Goal: maintaining < 0.01% false match rates when tested against demographically similar – look-alike – imposters.
Easily integrate Descope auth and access control with MCP servers built in Python. Use the Python MCP SDK to bring existing roles, permissions, and policies into your MCP servers.
In the race to innovate, software has repeatedly reinvented how we define identity, trust, and access. In the 1990's, the web made every server a perimeter. In the 2010's, the cloud made every identity a workload. Here in 2026, agentic AI makes every action autonomous.
2026-02-03
Ian Fleming
The order expands on an earlier directive issued to Meta, which owns Facebook, after scammers shifted to impersonating individuals who were previously not covered.
Children’s privacy and online safety is in the spotlight in 2026. At the end of 2025, the House Energy & Commerce Committee released nineteen draft bills focused on minors’ privacy and online safety.
