Ian Fleming

Regula Partners with V-Key to Strengthen Mobile Identity

2026-05-24 Ian Fleming

Through the partnership, Regula’s document authentication, facial biometrics, and liveness detection — Regula Document Reader SDK and Regula Face SDK — will be integrated into V-Key ID, the company’s digital identity platform for banks, telecoms, government services, and digital businesses.

EU Age Verification on the Internet to Be Implemented Sooner

2026-05-24 Ian Fleming

According to the European Commission, a new app for age verification is expected to be available by the end of 2026.

Dock Labs, GSMA, and Telefónica proof of concept reframes carriers as potential issuers of verifiable credentials

2026-05-22 Ian Fleming

Decentralized digital IDs shared from a digital wallet on a smartphone can significantly speed up identity verification by call centers, making interactions easier for consumers while slashing costs for businesses, the results of a proof of concept pilot of a new Trusted Caller ID process.

Estonia seeking stakeholder partner to build digital ID wallet in development phase

2026-05-20 Ian Fleming

Estonia’s digital ID wallet is in the development phase to comply with the eIDAS agreement. The Information System Authority is preparing to procure a stakeholder partner to work on the build.

Shufti Recognised as Dual Leader in Liminal's 2026 Age

2026-05-20 Ian Fleming

In the Age Verification Index, Liminal evaluated 189 vendors, and only 17 met the thresholds required for Leader inclusion, fewer than 10% of the field. Shufti is one of them, scoring 64% in Product Execution, well above Liminal’s 42% leadership cutoff, along with a top-quadrant Strategy score of 92%.

Veriff dares you to take the Deepfake Quiz – but can you beat Biometric Update?

2026-05-20 Ian Fleming

Synthetic identities are increasingly used to open fraudulent accounts, authorize transactions and bypass verification checks.

Deepfake face detection using hybrid bag-of-visual-words and multi-CNN feature fusion

2026-05-19 Ian Fleming

Although deep learning–based detection methods have achieved strong performance, they often suffer from limited cross-dataset generalization, sensitivity to manipulation-specific artifacts, and reduced interpretability.

AI Agents Can Be Readily Turned Into ‘Useful Idiots’ And Unwittingly Perform Devilish Acts

2026-05-18 Ian Fleming

Humans are sometimes tricked into being useful idiots. The same can happen to AI. I explain how. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

GetReal Security Launches Trust and Authenticity Platform That Combines Real-Time Continuous Identity Verification

2026-05-18 Ian Fleming

GetReal Security, the leading cybersecurity company in real-time protection against deepfakes and AI-powered identity attacks, announced the general availability of continuous identity verification within its flagship product, GetReal Protect.

Armenia modernizes IDs in push for EU's visa liberalization

2026-05-18 Ian Fleming

The Republic of Armenia has approved the introduction of a new biometric system regulation presented by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Arpine Sargsyan. The draft laws “On Identity Document” was adopted at the second reading and in full during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Armenia last week.

UK Government includes Digital ID in Kings Speech - Digital Access to Services Bill

2026-05-17 Ian Fleming

The King’s Speech outlined the government’s legislative priorities for the year ahead, including an upcoming Bill covering Digital Identity, called the Digital Access to Services Bill. The focus of the Bill is to modernise how citizens interact with public services.

YouTube opens its deepfake face-swap detection tool to all adult creators

2026-05-16 Ian Fleming

YouTube is making its AI face-swap detection tool available to all creators 18 and older. The company announced the expansion on its community platform. Previously, Likeness Detection was only a pilot for YouTube Partner Program members.

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Regula Partners with V-Key to Strengthen Mobile Identity

EU Age Verification on the Internet to Be Implemented Sooner

Dock Labs, GSMA, and Telefónica proof of concept reframes carriers as potential issuers of verifiable credentials

Estonia seeking stakeholder partner to build digital ID wallet in development phase

Shufti Recognised as Dual Leader in Liminal's 2026 Age

Veriff dares you to take the Deepfake Quiz – but can you beat Biometric Update?

Deepfake face detection using hybrid bag-of-visual-words and multi-CNN feature fusion

AI Agents Can Be Readily Turned Into ‘Useful Idiots’ And Unwittingly Perform Devilish Acts

GetReal Security Launches Trust and Authenticity Platform That Combines Real-Time Continuous Identity Verification

Armenia modernizes IDs in push for EU's visa liberalization

UK Government includes Digital ID in Kings Speech - Digital Access to Services Bill

YouTube opens its deepfake face-swap detection tool to all adult creators

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

Japan Folds Its Two My Number Card Apps Into One, and Requires a Screen Lock

Germany Tells Phone Owners to Stop Unlocking With a Fingerprint Alone

Android hackers can fool ID checks used for banking

Post-quantum security spreads across digital identity infrastructure