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The new tool lets developers connect iDenfy’s full documentation directly to AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Perplexity, and other AI assistants.
In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent, a serious threat to privacy and security, and likely to cause more harm than good. While many folks (including us at Techdirt)…
Carahsoft will distribute iDen2’s passwordless identity platform to the public sector through major contract vehicles.
The OpenID Foundation is launching a new eKYC work item in response to NIST’s recently-introduced draft guidance for financial institutions implementing mobile driver’s licenses for identity verification.
The partnership allows WSO2 customers access to Signicat’s platform, which includes 35 European electronic ID (eID) schemes. The platform also provides future-proofing for the advent of the EU Digital Identity Wallet.
In the US, Patient access has become a primary entry point for healthcare, yet it remains vulnerable. Account takeover, synthetic identities, and credential stuffing attacks have grown as fraudsters use automation and AI to produce convincing attempts at scale.
Currently, customers are required to show their passport multiple times across their journey including for check-in, boarding, transit and arrival processes. With airlines, airports, border agencies and partner airlines all carrying out separate checks, the experience can be time-consuming and fragmented.
Dutch authorities have dismantled a significant node in the global cybercrime ecosystem, arresting eight individuals suspected of participating in a sprawling fake identity document operation that enabled fraudsters worldwide.
Estonia declined the EU's Jutland Declaration, arguing age bans are unenforceable and Europe should enforce GDPR against platforms instead of restricting children.
Following a launch in Brazil last year, U.S.-based Jumio is expanding its face biometrics-based reusable digital identity product, selfie.DONE, across Latin America.
Its platform addresses the growing risk of “shadow AI” where employees use unsanctioned AI tools at work. The funding will support product development, research, and expansion as demand for AI security solutions continues to grow.
Self, a blockchain-based identity startup, has acquired Loam, another identity technology company, in a move to build a decentralized identity layer for the internet. The acquisition will allow Self to combine its expertise in self-sovereign identity with Loam's work on decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials.
