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• 20.03.14

  Improved Fingerprint Sensor on the iPhone 6

  Apple is installing a new and improved fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 6.  According to DigiTimes, TSMC will officially begin manufacturing the new fingerprint sensor later this year.  The new sensor will be produced at 12-inch fab.  The iPhone 6 with fingerprint services should be available by the end of […]

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• 20.02.14

  Who’s in the FBI Database?

  The FBI database is split into three components: a criminal file, a civil file, and a military file; it includes criminals, suspected criminals, government employees, military personnel, and other people. The largest file is the criminal file, comprising about 50 million entries, allowing the police to use to identify a […]

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• 17.02.14

  Maryland Takes Crucial First Step Toward Gun Control

  Maryland Senate Democrats passed a gun-control bill that would require residents to undergo fingerprinting, and fingerprint background checks in order to get a license to buy a firearm. The bill also includes a ban of assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. On the issue of mental […]

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• 24.01.14

  IBM Approves Fingerprint Authentication

  IBM Customers in search of two-factor authentication for e-business applications need look no further, thanks to BIO-Key International’s finger print biometric authentication solution, which has recently been validated by IBM. BIO-Key, based out of New Jersey, is a leader in developing advanced fingerprint services for biometric identification technologies for commercial […]

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• 31.12.13

  Oregon Town Fingerprints Kids for Safety

  A national child safety program has gone into effect in Grants Pass, Oregon to finger print local children.  The finger printing service is a component of the Keeping Kids safe Project, which gives parents the opportunity to have their children get fingerprinted for free.  The purpose of the finger printing […]

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• 29.11.13

  Atlanta Airport to Begin Collecting Fingerprints

  Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is the second in the nation to start collecting fingerprints from arriving international visitors, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security’s US-Visit program.  This Atlanta fingerprinting program aims to protect security of both domestic and international travelers. The Washington Dulles airport in Virginia has been […]

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• 18.10.13

  Controversy Surrounds ‘Covered California’

  State officials in California estimate that they will need 20,000 people to help sign up millions of Californians for a new health insurance exchange called Covered California. This need for assistance has caused many to question what level of screening these 20,000 aids should receive, since they will have access […]

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• 18.10.13

  Army to Take Info to Cloud

  The U.S. Army is making the move to the cloud—that is, cloud data storage—according to recent reports. The Army has recently made arrangements to bring the Defense Cross-Domain Analytical Capability, a database that stores a variety of security-related information including photos and videos, onto cloud storage. Currently, some biometric data, […]

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