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Your Passport’s Complex Security Tech, Explained By Forgery Pros
Your Passport's Complex Security Tech, Explained By Forgery Pros
The passport is a bizarre and unique object. Think about it: The goal is to put...
Attributes and credentials
Attributes and credentials represent a concept that strengthens data protection and informational self‑determination in e‑ID systems. The basic idea is that an asserted attribute...
From policing to passport control
Identity verification at passport control, in policing, and in retail stores is most often achieved by matching an individual’s face to a photographic identity...
US Biometric and identity intelligence programme
While technology has made life more automated and easier, it has also allowed nefarious persons to clone or forge passports, including the biometric data...
UN Security Council Resolution 2178
Events during 2014 have exposed systemic gaps in border control arrangements globally. The UN Security Council has responded to the emergence of the foreign...
Designing identity documents
In recent years, identity document issuance solutions have undergone significant advances, incorporating a wave of new technologies that enable photo identity documents to be...
e-Passport authentication
In this article, René Clerc explains some of the basics of the RFID chips used in e‑Passports, and discusses some of the inherent difficulties...
A challenging step in the right direction
As an increasing number of banknotes are now being sorted outside the central banks, locally or in industrial sorting centres, efficient detection of forged...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...
LIVE BLOG: Hawaii launches mobile driver’s license/ID card for Apple devices and more news…
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Kenya Releases an Updated Series of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has made some updates to all denominations of the Kenyan banknotes. All denominations are affected, including the 50...
A Sneak Peek at Indonesia’s New-and-Improved Passport
Indonesia plans to celebrate its 80th Independence Day next year by issuing a redesigned passport to its citizens. The Directorate General of the Ministry...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 4
The first three articles in this series reviewed contemporary security document serial number design strategies related to letterpress printing technology, security inks and font...