Everyone needs an ID.  However, people in China may have to use their IDs for internet access.  Not only that, but after the new year, China will be requiring some cities to produce fingerprinted IDs.  While these new measures are meant to keep the internet and identities more secure,

If you’re flying home for the holidays, you might be dreading the journey.  Everything from long lines to cancellations and security checks make traveling a difficult and time consuming experience.  However, with biometric iris scans, some passengers are climbing on board a little bit

Children are heading back to their classrooms this week.  However, questions still remain about how safe students will truly be.  While some schools have strict rules about who goes where, other schools have no security plan whatsoever.  While in the past, school budgets have been tig

Russia and Brazil are getting serious about security.  Due to recent crime rises and unforeseen violence, new measures have to be taken to ensure the safety of not only the fans, but also the players at the upcoming games.  With the help of the public, special groups and government of

After 19 year old Sara Dubinin was injured in a car accident in 2007, her family wasn’t notified.  The girl had no identification, and before the family could be contacted, Sara fell into a coma and died.  That’s why New Jersey has a new law that covers people like Sara, as well as ne

Facial biometrics will now be a little bit easier to access.  With the help of a mobile tool that can capture photographs, fingerprints, iris prints and biographical data, U.S. government officials may be able to access the information they need to – when they need to.  FBI agents wil

The UN Refugee Agency, in partnership with the Senegalese government, are issuing IDs to refugees. The new ID program is giving identity and hope to those who have fled their homelands in Africa to be in Senegal. 14,000 refugees are from Mauritania, where they do not wish to return. T

Oakland, Calif. is the place to be if you don’t have an ID.  Oakland is now the first city in the country to offer ID cards to residents that serve for both identification and transactions.  The Oakland City Council voted unanimously to go ahead with the ID program, with only one more

The iPhone 5 was released last week, without NFC technology.  NFC enthusiasts were looking forward to a more widely used device to push NFC to the main stream.  However, Datacard Group’s director Sebastien Tormos has said that this speed bump won’t stop NFC technology from thriving. T

The controversy over voter ID laws is continuing.  Today, a judge is still deciding whether Pennsylvania’s new law should be blocked.  While the law was last upheld in August, some are saying that the law could still be unfair to residents without identification. Since the law has bee