Facebook is testing a face detection tool to verify your identity (updated)But would users be comfortable given Facebook's history of privacy issues?By J. Fingas, 11.05.2019
Australia wants to verify porn users by scanning their facesThe UK has shown that might be difficult to implement. By S. Dent, 10.30.2019
Android's digital wallet could eventually hold your driver's licenseYou wouldn't need a special app to show your ID.By J. Fingas, 03.06.2019
Signal's new 'Sealed Sender' feature makes conversations anonymousIt's like taking the sender's address off a piece of physical mail.By R. England, 10.30.2018
Austin test uses blockchain to improve ID for the homelessIt could reduce poverty and improve services for those with no paper ID.By J. Fingas, 04.14.2018
Bournemouth bars have begun accepting a smartphone app as IDYoti means you can leave your passport and driving licence at home.By N. Summers, 01.31.2018
Facebook buys a company that verifies government IDsBut it's unclear how it will use the acquisition's technology. By M. Moon, 01.24.2018
Grindr adds more transgender-inclusive featuresYou can specify your identity and choose preferred pronouns.By R. England, 11.22.2017
Facebook will require political advertisers to disclose their identitiesThe company is also creating tools to find those who don't self-disclose.By R. LeFebvre, 10.27.2017
Microsoft and the UN to provide digital IDs for undocumented peopleBlockchain technology could give legal recognition to 1.1 billion people.By J. Fingas, 06.19.2017
Major identity manager breach exposes sensitive user infoThe attackers even got the means to decrypt secure data.By J. Fingas, 06.03.2017
Google Lens resurfaces questions about AI and human identityIt can identify boys as boys, but should it?By C. Trout, 05.17.2017
New York's smarter face recognition catches more ID thievesOver 100 arrests have followed since a tech upgrade in January.By J. Fingas, 08.29.2016
New Kickstarter sandbox Identity promises 'complete freedom and a focus on player interaction'By B. Royce, 01.06.2015