Fingerprints are the new cookies

My Fingerprint- Am I Unique ?

Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internet

Am I Unique ?

Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internet

Undocumented Feature

And it doesn't pop up a box every time asking you to use your real name. In fact, there's no way to set your name at all. You just have to keep reminding people who you are.

Browser Fingerprinting: An Introduction and the Challenges Ahead | Tor Project

In the past few years, a technique called browser fingerprinting has received a lot of attention because of the risks it can pose to privacy. What is it? How is it used? What is Tor Browser doing against it? In this blog post, I’m here to answer these questions.

Secure Palm Vein Biometric Door Lock

Secure Palm Vein Biometric Door Lock: Overview Fingerprints can be lifted with silicone, and Face ID can sometimes be fooled by a high-res 3D print. If you want a biometric door lock that is genuinely difficult to spoof, you have to look underneath the skin. That is where palm vein reco…

Privacy.com uses identity verification service Persona, which will keep biometric information for "up to" 3 years

I think it’s time to stop recommending it

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

I wanted a blue badge on LinkedIn. To get it, I gave a US company my passport, my face, and my biometric data. Then I read the fine print.

What is Digital Identity?

Who you are is hardly defined by your drivers license or passport. And yet, this is often how we understand ourselves and others.

Exposed Persona Frontend Reveals Extensive Biometric Surveillance Stack Behind Age Verification - ID Tech

Security researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification implementation have discovered a publicly exposed frontend belonging to Persona Identities, Inc., revealing that the identity-verification vendor’s platform performs far more extensive checks than users […]

W Social (@wsocial.eu)

1/5 We’ve upgraded W’s verified badge to give you more context about the person behind the keyboard. Real humans. More trust. Your real name stays optional.

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we&#821…

Padding Labs

Padding Labs builds friendly apps for the open internet, so your identity, your data, and your name stay yours.