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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Tel: +44 1865 843239 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publishing Director: Bethan Keall Editor: Tracey Caldwell Email: [email protected] Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 issues and online access for up to 5 users. Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. More information: www.elsevier.com/journals/institutional/ biometric-technology-today/0969-4765 This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
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Biometric Technology Today
...Continued from front page include a finger biometric sensor carried by the touch display and that may include an interconnect layer that includes transparent conductive traces, and a finger biometric sensing layer. • The patent may be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/BTT201703news1
Israeli lawmakers limit use of national biometrics
T
he Knesset, the legislative branch of the Israeli government, has approved a law limiting the country’s use of biometric databases for smartcard identification, reports The Jerusalem Post. Once the law comes into effect in July, it will be voluntary to provide fingerprint data for the biometric database. New identity cards linked to the biometric database will contain fingerprint data and a facial scan. See comment on page 12...
payments
Social media sentiment favours face and finger biometric payments
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onsumers are showing an increased interest in the application of new technologies including biometrics to make shopping faster, easier and more secure, reports the 2017 edition of the Mastercard Digital Payments Study. The study mined more than 3.5m social media posts via Synthesio over the past year across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Forums, Google+, YouTube, Vkontakte and Weibo and covering 188 markets across the globe. The topic of virtual reality generated the most positive sentiment as shoppers imagine completing a purchase with the simple nod of their head. The study found that in their conversations, people continually noted that the success of new technologies and new ways to pay would be dependent on the security and protections delivered beyond what’s available today. Nearly half of consumers (43%) expressed interest in biometrics and other forms of authentication to deliver enhanced security, reduce fraud and move beyond traditional passwords. New developments in facial recognition and fingerprint and touch authentication drove over half of biometric/authentication conversations (51%). The social buzz around these
new biometric and authentication technologies was overwhelmingly positive. Consumers complained about entering, forgetting and resetting passwords and expressed interested in getting rid of passwords altogether with easier, improved authentication. Facial recognition conversations focused on the Mastercard Identity Check Mobile app, Google’s Hands Free app and a Snapchat patent to incorporate a payments platform with real time services.
privacy
US judge greenlights Google privacy case
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US judge has decided to let a privacy case against Google proceed. The class action alleges that Google collected biometrics in the form of facial images without consent. It has been brought in Chicago in relation to Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, reports Bloomberg Law. Facebook is also addressing a similar claim in the US. This comes as video game publisher won a court case over the right to collect and store players’ biometric data, reports Endgadget. The game publisher uses face scanning technology to capture players’ faces through the console’s camera using the data to help players create more accurate avatars.
Researchers unveil wearable AI systems that can detect tone of conversation
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esearchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Institute of Medical Engineering and Science have got closer to creating an artificially intelligent, wearable system that can predict if a conversation is happy, sad, or neutral based on a person’s speech patterns and biometric measurements. Tuka Alhanai, who co-authored a related paper with Mohammad Ghassemi presented at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference in San Francisco, says: “Our work is a step in this direction, suggesting that we may not be that far away from a world where people can have an AI social coach right in their pocket.”
March 2017
Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Tel: +44 1865 843239 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publishing Director: Bethan Keall Editor: Tracey Caldwell Email: [email protected] Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 issues and online access for up to 5 users. Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. More information: www.elsevier.com/journals/institutional/ biometric-technology-today/0969-4765 This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
12985 Digitally Produced by Mayfield Press (Oxford) Ltd
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Biometric Technology Today
...Continued from front page include a finger biometric sensor carried by the touch display and that may include an interconnect layer that includes transparent conductive traces, and a finger biometric sensing layer. • The patent may be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/BTT201703news1
Israeli lawmakers limit use of national biometrics
T
he Knesset, the legislative branch of the Israeli government, has approved a law limiting the country’s use of biometric databases for smartcard identification, reports The Jerusalem Post. Once the law comes into effect in July, it will be voluntary to provide fingerprint data for the biometric database. New identity cards linked to the biometric database will contain fingerprint data and a facial scan. See comment on page 12...
payments
Social media sentiment favours face and finger biometric payments
C
onsumers are showing an increased interest in the application of new technologies including biometrics to make shopping faster, easier and more secure, reports the 2017 edition of the Mastercard Digital Payments Study. The study mined more than 3.5m social media posts via Synthesio over the past year across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Forums, Google+, YouTube, Vkontakte and Weibo and covering 188 markets across the globe. The topic of virtual reality generated the most positive sentiment as shoppers imagine completing a purchase with the simple nod of their head. The study found that in their conversations, people continually noted that the success of new technologies and new ways to pay would be dependent on the security and protections delivered beyond what’s available today. Nearly half of consumers (43%) expressed interest in biometrics and other forms of authentication to deliver enhanced security, reduce fraud and move beyond traditional passwords. New developments in facial recognition and fingerprint and touch authentication drove over half of biometric/authentication conversations (51%). The social buzz around these
new biometric and authentication technologies was overwhelmingly positive. Consumers complained about entering, forgetting and resetting passwords and expressed interested in getting rid of passwords altogether with easier, improved authentication. Facial recognition conversations focused on the Mastercard Identity Check Mobile app, Google’s Hands Free app and a Snapchat patent to incorporate a payments platform with real time services.
privacy
US judge greenlights Google privacy case
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US judge has decided to let a privacy case against Google proceed. The class action alleges that Google collected biometrics in the form of facial images without consent. It has been brought in Chicago in relation to Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, reports Bloomberg Law. Facebook is also addressing a similar claim in the US. This comes as video game publisher won a court case over the right to collect and store players’ biometric data, reports Endgadget. The game publisher uses face scanning technology to capture players’ faces through the console’s camera using the data to help players create more accurate avatars.
Researchers unveil wearable AI systems that can detect tone of conversation
R
esearchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Institute of Medical Engineering and Science have got closer to creating an artificially intelligent, wearable system that can predict if a conversation is happy, sad, or neutral based on a person’s speech patterns and biometric measurements. Tuka Alhanai, who co-authored a related paper with Mohammad Ghassemi presented at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference in San Francisco, says: “Our work is a step in this direction, suggesting that we may not be that far away from a world where people can have an AI social coach right in their pocket.”
March 2017