A knock against fingerprint technology has always been hygiene. People touching the same scanner one after another are an easy way to spread germs.The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working with industry to bring fast, touchless fingerprint readers out of the lab and into the marketplace.

As TSA PreCheck opens enrollment at H&R Block locations, could this be a sign of third-parties enrolling other for strong digital identities? Sources say the U.S. Post Office is considering some type of strong authentication issuance to consumers but details have yet to emerge.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a “Biometric Strategic Framework” outlining plans for its use of biometric technologies until 2025. The goal of the document is to create a strategy for using biometrics to ensure national security and public safety.

Iowa Department of Transportation employees have started using MorphoTrust mobile driver license software as part of a new pilot. The group will test record updates to the customer record system with the changes rendered on the phone in real-time as well as other functionality of the app.

One of the biggest culprits in successful terrorist travel is legal documents. Many terrorists are crossing borders using legitimate papers – sometimes with biometric documentation. Tony Smith, a border security consultant and former director general of the UK Border Force, will be discussing that and more next month at a conference in Washington where he will join others to discuss potential solutions about the way security is used to mitigate threats.

HID Global releases biometric and contactless ID card reader; VOXX buys biometric vendor EyeLock; Usher is FIDO certified; New print module from Entrust Datacard.

Germans take their privacy seriously. So seriously that many are microwaving or boiling their national ID cards to disable the contactless smart card chip for fear that they’re being tracked.