Fingerprints

UIDAI slams enrolment software breach reports, says stringent processes in place; Gates bats for Aadhaar

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank (WB) to take India's Aadhaar approach to other countries.

UIDAI directs telcos to enable a facility that will let users check the SIMs that are linked to their Aadhaar

The telecom service providers have been asked to invalidate unauthorised linkings and initiate action in such matters.

People with extra fingers might find it hard to register for Aadhaar

What made the process difficult for Trikha, was the fact that not only he has six fingers on his left hand, but the extra finger is joined to the thumb.

ID verification via 'brainprint' more accurate than fingerprint or retina

brain biometrics are appealing because they cannot be stolen by malicious means the way a finger or retina can. The results suggest that brainwaves could soon be used by security systems to verify a person's identity with 100 percent accuracy.

OPM hack: 5.6 million, not 1.1 million, fingerprints stolen in biggest cyber crime in US history

The additional stolen fingerprint records were identified as part of the government’s ongoing analysis of the 'worst' data breach by the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Defense.

IDs to fingerprints: Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Peshawar killings

Pakistanis have been lining up at cellphone stores and in front of mobile vans and kiosks around the country to scan their fingerprints and verify their identities in order to keep their phones.