Ep. 50: What's changed in digital ID over the past 20 months?
Jun 19, 202615mEp. 63
The Biometric Update Podcast's 50th episode looks at what's changed since we launched in April 2025, from fraud tools to age checks to the agentic economy.
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Biometric Update hosts The Biometric Update Podcast, a news show with 61 episodes published.
The Biometric Update Podcast's 50th episode looks at what's changed since we launched in April 2025, from fraud tools to age checks to the agentic economy.
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On top of her work for Idemia Public Security North America and frequent speaking appearances, Teresa Wu led the creation of the SIA's new Corporate Credential Design Guide, which establishes a unified, vendor-neutral fr
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Ben Fischer is a Marshall scholar who graduated from Stanford University, and is now at the University of Edinburgh studying the technical and social implications of privacy preserving age assurance. He had a chance to s
It used to be that good help was hard to find. These days, real help is hard to find. Amplified by AI, fraud attacks target every part of the hiring pipeline, from fake resumes to deepfake interviews. In this episode, So
The way digital identity is commonly presented – as a tool for protecting against fraud and other benign uses – is different from how it’s being built, according to World Ethical Data Foundation Director of Institutional
Hal Lonas thought he might like to be an astronaut. So he studied aeronautics. But he got bored. The world of identity fraud moves faster than just about any sector, so Hal has found a suitable challenge as the CTO of Tr
Cooperatives emerged as a reaction to the excesses of the industrial revolution. In the digital context, an equivalent can give people control and ownership over their own data while benefitting local communities, SafeGu
Tony Allen is busy organizing the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, coming to Manchester from April 12-14, 2026. But he took some time to give the Biometric Update Podcast a preview of some festival highlights, as w
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Conversations from on the ground at MOSIP Connect 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt talks digital identity, inclusion, interoperability and biometrics with Andrew Musoke of CMU Africa an
Teresa Wu
Vice President of Smart Credentials and Access · Idemia Public Security
1 appearance on this show
Michael Nash
Director of Institutional Programming · World Ethical Data Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Tony Allen
6x All-Defensive powerhouse · The Age Check Certification Scheme
1 appearance on this show
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