Dec 28
Mobile fingerprint authentication

The Biometric Threat: Some Preventative Measures

Ned Hayes, our company's GM, wrote this article recently for Technica Curiosa. Here, we repost the first section and provide you with a link to the full text. We live in an age where personal information is difficult to protect, and passwords are far from unbreakable. Recently, IBM surveyed nearly 4,000 people and learned... read more →
Dec 18
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Last minute holiday ideas – with fingerprints!

Still don’t know what to get for someone special? Looking for a fun activity to do when the family is together? We’ve curated a list of some Etsy shop gift and activity ideas – all of which involve fingerprints! Each one provides the people in your life with something pretty... read more →
Dec 03
Graphic illustrating secure fingerprint data

SureID Solution Beats DeepMasterPrint Exploit

We’re proud to announce that Philip Bontrager, lead researcher on the “DeepMasterPrint” fingerprint hack, thinks that the SureID process for high-fidelity fingerprint enrollment has multiple layers of protection against hackers. “The NYU research into DeepMasterPrint is fascinating, but it focuses on low-fidelity, smartphone-based authentication,” says Ned Hayes, our General Manager.... read more →
Nov 21
Fake mannequin hands

Biometric Security Done Right

“Biometric fraud!” read one headline. “Fingerprints can be faked!” said another. This past week, such headlines reigned in the world of biometrics because of a research project, sponsored by NYU, in which Philip Bontrager and colleagues created a “DeepMasterPrint” that could be used to hack some fingerprinting systems. This study... read more →
Nov 15
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SureID Supports National Adoption Day

November is National Adoption month, and Saturday the 17th is National Adoption Day.  Since many of us at SureID are adopted or have adopted children, this is a topic dear to our work family, and we want to encourage you to think about how adoption can be faster, easier, and... read more →
  • November 15, 2018
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Nov 05
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Press: SureID and Robbie.AI Explore the Frontiers of Biometrics

SureID is happy to announce a research & development partnership with  Robbie.AI, an innovative company that uses AI technology to provide facial recognition (identity) and emotion prediction (behavior) in natural settings and real time.  Update: Read the ZDNet article about this partnership. Our joint research, which could result in the United States’ first... read more →
  • November 5, 2018
  • News