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$30 AI Fraud Kits Are Letting Criminals Walk Right Past Facial Recognition

$30 AI Fraud Kits Are Letting Criminals Walk Right Past Facial Recognition

2026-08-12 Per Henrikson
During a recent interview with BankInfoSecurity, Matt Vega, chief fraud strategi...
France’s social media ban imposes universal identity checks on the entire population

France’s social media ban imposes universal identity checks on the entire population

2026-08-11 Ian Fleming
The ban is a major attack on democratic rights and a step towards a police-state...
Deep Fake Detection: How to Spot Synthetic Media Attacks

Deep Fake Detection: How to Spot Synthetic Media Attacks

2026-08-11 Ian Fleming
Deepfake detection solutions help stop AI-powered scams. Learn how to spot synth...
OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

2026-08-10 Ion Benlola
Digital wallet providers, digital identity and credential issuers, verifiers and...
OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

2026-08-10 Per Henrikson
Digital wallet providers, digital identity and credential issuers, verifiers and...
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iDenfy Integrates BankID Norway to Streamline Digital Identity Verification

iDenfy Integrates BankID Norway to Streamline Digital Identity Verification

2026-08-09 Per Henrikson
iDenfy has integrated BankID Norway into its identity platform, allowing Norwegian users to verify their identity using bank credentials to combat a 47% rise in local identity theft.
iDenfy adds Czech Bank iD to verification platform

iDenfy adds Czech Bank iD to verification platform

iDenfy has integrated Czech Bank iD into its identity verification platform, offering a non-document onboarding option for the Czech market.
authID Partners with Art Sales Vault to Bring Biometric Identity Verification to the Art Market

authID Partners with Art Sales Vault to Bring Biometric Identity Verification to the Art Market

Partnership pairs authID's biometric technology with ASV's KYC and compliance platform to help auction houses, galleries, and dealers combat money laundering and identity fraud.

Sumsub signed agentic commerce platform Sumvin

Deel acquires deepfake-detection startup Clarity as fake hire problem grows

Identity intelligence company Fideo Intelligence and Sigma360 Partner to Connect Identity with Business Risk Intelligence

Market
France’s social media ban imposes universal identity checks on the entire population

France’s social media ban imposes universal identity checks on the entire population

2026-08-11 Ian Fleming
The ban is a major attack on democratic rights and a step towards a police-state dictatorship imposing universal surveillance of working people.
OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

OpenID opens certification for digital ID issuance, verification protocols

Digital wallet providers, digital identity and credential issuers, verifiers and government agencies can now use test suites developed by the OpenID Foundation for self-certification to common digital identity and verifiable credentials specifications.
Laos advances digital identity with electronic household registration

Laos advances digital identity with electronic household registration

Citizens will use digital Census Data Certificates and national IDs as the country modernizes its foundational population register and phases out paper records.

DigiLocker and AAERI Launch 'AAERI Verify' for Seamless Document Verification for Indian Students in Australia, ETEduca

DigiLocker and AAERI Launch 'AAERI Verify' for Seamless Document Verification for Indian Students in Australia

EU Digital Identity Wallet: The December 2026 eIDAS Deadline

Technology
L8P8 Launches Loop8ID Age Shield for Privacy-Safe Age Verification

L8P8 Launches Loop8ID Age Shield for Privacy-Safe Age Verification

2026-08-10 Ian Fleming
L8P8 has introduced Loop8ID Age Shield, a privacy-first age verification platform that uses device signals from Apple Inc. and Google to determine user eligibility without collecting personal data.
Explainable AI in Deepfake Detection Techniques

Explainable AI in Deepfake Detection Techniques

Feature attribution, saliency maps, attention mechanisms, SHAP, LIME, and multimodal explanation layers help make model decisions easier to understand.
Daon Develops Five-Patent Architecture for Quantum-Ready Digital Identity

Daon Develops Five-Patent Architecture for Quantum-Ready Digital Identity

Daon introduces a five-patent Quantum Identity architecture designed to improve biometric trust and future digital authentication systems.

Cloudflare Offers AI Agents an Identity and a Wallet

Scam.ai and Modulate Partner to Deliver Unified Image, Video and Voice Deepfake Detection

South African startup aiQ claims neuromorphic breakthrough for credential-free digital identity

Legal
New Mexico court ruling mandated platform safety overhauls and stricter age-assurance requirements

New Mexico court ruling mandated platform safety overhauls and stricter age-assurance requirements

2026-08-08 Ian Fleming
New Mexico court ruling mandated platform safety overhauls and stricter age-assurance requirements that commentators note effectively push users toward digital ID verification.
New York puts accuracy minimums for age assurance into effect with SAFE for Kids Act

New York puts accuracy minimums for age assurance into effect with SAFE for Kids Act

The New York legislation is also among the first to include specific accuracy minimums for highly effective age assurance.
Conformance framework for EU Digital Identity Wallets arrives with ARF v3.0

Conformance framework for EU Digital Identity Wallets arrives with ARF v3.0

The EUDI Wallet Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF) v3.0.0 introduces a new framework for assessing the functional requirements of wallets via a set of shared, reusable test cases. It also builds in the latest capabilities and criteria needed for alignment with the Commission Implementing Regulations (CIRs) passed in 2024 and 2025.

EU Registers Campaign Against Mandatory Digital ID and Age Checks

New Jersey Enacts Law Establishing Data Broker Registration Regime and Imposing Prohibitions on Sensitive Data Sales

France moves a step closer to banning under-15s from social media