Ian Fleming

French president Emmanuel Macron seeks bloc-wide social media age assurance law

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming

Macron urges EU-wide social media age law as Brussels weighs a common framework for age assurance and online child safety.

Indiana Is The Latest State To Embrace Digital IDs But A Real License Is Still Required To Drive

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming

The state of Indiana has been looking into mobile driver's licenses since 2019, and, apparently, it liked what it saw. The state says that drivers should be able to get a digital licenses should be available within the next year and a half, if they so choose.

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming

Pilot combines NEC's Bio-IDiom with SoftBank's PayCAS platform, allowing customers to pay using facial biometrics alone

Evrotrust and Trustfull Partner to Secure Digital Identity and Combat Fraud Across Europe

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming

The collaboration merges Evrotrust’s infrastructure as a European Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP) with Trustfull’s real-time digital intelligence.

Thailand puts verifiable credentials at center of 2027 digital ID strategy

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

ETDA's 2027 roadmap prioritizes digital identity wallets, trusted credential infrastructure and cross-border interoperability.

Albania gives ALBTrace broader role in digital identity infrastructure

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

State-owned provider will oversee biometric identity systems, authentication and verification as Albania prepares its national digital ID.

Procivis, Swiss provider of open-source software for digital identities, verifiable credentials, and digital wallets, expands EUDI footprint

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

Procivis has added France to a growing list of European digital identity environments where its technology can issue and verify digital credentials.

AI fraud accelerates US’ shift toward cryptographic digital identity

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

NIST, Congress and Treasury are advancing cryptographic digital identity as AI fraud and mass identity breaches expose limits of document-based verification.

Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

World Bank-backed biometric digital identity initiative will link identity, payments and government services through a single platform.

A hole in Lenovo's login system let hackers walk into 5,000 Dropbox accounts

2026-09-07 Ian Fleming

Dropbox has confirmed that approximately 5,000 customer accounts were accessed between 4-21 August, after hackers exploited a legacy login integration between Dropbox and Lenovo's own identity system, Lenovo ID.

Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

2026-09-06 Ian Fleming

Utah has agreed not to enforce a controversial law requiring age verification on adult content websites and to crack down on VPNs that seek to circumvent it.

Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

2026-09-06 Ian Fleming

Joins Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. The feature also runs in Puerto Rico and works with Japan’s My Number Card. Apple has been preparing launches in North Carolina and Utah in the coming months, and named Connecticut, Kentucky and Mississippi as committed some years ago.

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French president Emmanuel Macron seeks bloc-wide social media age assurance law

Indiana Is The Latest State To Embrace Digital IDs But A Real License Is Still Required To Drive

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

Evrotrust and Trustfull Partner to Secure Digital Identity and Combat Fraud Across Europe

Thailand puts verifiable credentials at center of 2027 digital ID strategy

Albania gives ALBTrace broader role in digital identity infrastructure

Procivis, Swiss provider of open-source software for digital identities, verifiable credentials, and digital wallets, expands EUDI footprint

AI fraud accelerates US’ shift toward cryptographic digital identity

Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project

A hole in Lenovo's login system let hackers walk into 5,000 Dropbox accounts

Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

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.

How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

Dutch businesses develop independent digital ID wallet MyCheck

Stakk takes document verification tech to US midterm postal voting

Yoti adds ConnectID bank verification to its age assurance product in Australia