Recent projects and proposals from the global automotive industry seek to use biometrics to enhance the driving experience. The efforts show the wide-ranging use of biometric authentication—and give a glimpse of how digital ID might play its part.

As technological advancements like the smartphone and the IoT change society, they are also changing how we authenticate to physical and logical security systems. In our daily activities, we are constantly pinged by sensors and IoT devices. It is a process that is creating a new type of ID, an IDIoT, that can be recognized by both man and machine.

Secure authentication and selfie technology from Jumio now helps gold and silver investment and storage firm Goldmoney to protect and confirm existing and new clients. Facial recognition is helping to secure onboarding of customers via the remote authentication method.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, G+D Mobile Security and Samsung showcased a banking authentication product that relies on biometrics instead of passwords. The technology also meets the revised digital payments standards under the new European Payment Services Directive, or PSD2.

The digital ID and personal data trade group publishes its thoughts about the challenges and opportunities involving blockchain-backed authentication efforts. The report—which includes case studies including one involving health care—comes at a time of increasing interest in blockchain digital ID programs.

Sure, digital IDs are the talk of the town, and continue to gain popularity among travelers, drivers and other citizens. But a new paper from ITW describes the enduring strength of physical IDs, and why they will continue to have a place in a mobile world.

A pilot involving Canada and the Netherlands seeks to build a base of travelers with “credibility” via the sharing of personal data secured by the technology that supports digital currency. The effort could lead to faster screenings and more attention paid to other, perhaps higher-risk passengers.