Today, June 17th, Bulgaria, last country in the European Union, started issuing biometric identity cards, finally fulfilling Regulation 2019/1157. Other European neighbourhood countries with their ID cards standardized to the European standard include: AlbaniaAlgeriaBelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaIcelandKosovoLiechtensteinLuxembourgMoldovaMonacoMontenegroMoroccoNorwayUkraineTunisiaTurkeySan MarinoVatican All these good…
More countries supporting biometric IDs will be available on our blockchain: Malta: biometric passports and e-IDsJordan: biometric passportsTunisia: approved new laws authorising biometric identity cards and passportsPortugal: new contactless identity card
The authentication systems are being updated: EPID is being replaced by DCAP because Intel is deprecating itPassport’s Chip Authentication and Key Attestation will be used on mobile devices whenever availableadditionally, zero-knowledge proofs could be generated from mobile devices
The last countries almost closing the gap to achieve biometric identification: Libya: finally issuing biometric passports after more than a decade.Argentina: their identity card is being upgraded to the NFC/biometric version.
For the end of the year, three heavily populated countries are getting biometric passports: Syria: already issuing biometric passports since 30 AugustEthiopia: reaching agreements to issue biometric passportsSri Lanka: launching a tender for the issuance of biometric passports
Caveats: Including a country doesn't mean that all its citizens have a biometric identity document: it only means that citizens have the possibility to acquire a biometric identity document (e.g., biometric passport)Countries that have just started to issue biometric identity…
More countries are issuing biometric IDs: Iceland: new biometric IDs implementing EU Regulation 2019/1157 from December 1, 2023Liechtenstein: updated IDs also implementing EU Regulation 2019/1157 from January 3, 2024
This month the Spanish and UK patents have been validated, further extending the coverage of the European Unitary Patent.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a Targeted Update on Implementation of FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Assets Service Providers. The most highlighted issue is the low degree of compliance among the public and private sector regarding…
Today June 7, 2023 we are blessed to celebrate that The Secure Spreadsheet has been granted one of the first European Unitary Patents, EP3218800B1, as published on today’s European Patent Bulletin.