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Govt ramps up iris scanning for migrant workers
News, Published on 26/03/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has proposed that the cabinet greenlight an iris-scanning system for nationwide use in registering migrant workers to ensure their right to proper healthcare services.
DDC hails IFR tech use on migrants
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/12/2023
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has declared the use of iris and facial recognition (IFR) technology to enhance medical services for migrant workers an achievement.
The biometric threat
Asia focus, Published on 02/03/2020
» Around the world, governments are succumbing to the allure of biometric identification systems. To some extent, this may be inevitable, given the burden of demands and expectations placed on modern states. But no one should underestimate the risks these technologies pose.
Honour system is working well in some places
Business, Published on 05/12/2019
» MOSCOW: In the race to make shopping as easy as possible, a growing group of companies has turned to a strategy that seems impossible in our security-saturated world: the honour system.
China Commodity Pavilion Amplifies Four New Points at the 16th CAEXPO
Published on 29/08/2019
» The preparations for the 16th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in September are under progress on schedule. The expanded China commodity pavilion, in an effort to propel the transformation of foreign trade sector by embracing cross-boarder e-commerce, highlights the science and technology (S&T) elements and improves the exhibitor experience by adapting whole-process on-line exhibition invitation and application.
Experts slam storing of biometric data
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 16/07/2019
» Cybersecurity experts have condemned the government for storing citizens' biometric data like eye and facial images that are at high risk for data leaks and identity theft.
Anti-faking features for e-passports
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/07/2019
» The new e-passport to be rolled out mid-year includes anti-fraud features, such as a "window lock" technique and a recognition system, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
New anti-fraud features for e-passports
News, Published on 10/07/2019
» The new e-passport to be rolled out mid-year includes anti-fraud features, such as a “window lock” technique and the recognition system, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
CAT angles for digital shift
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/03/2018
» The state telecom enterprise CAT Telecom plans to double revenue of its digital business from 1.1 billion baht last year to 2.2 billion by 2020, thanks to the digital transformation of the country, especially the government's digital innovation park project developed under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) roadmap.
Recognising the limits of recognition protection
Life, James Hein, Published on 06/12/2017
» So how good is biometric protection really? In a recent TV series, I watched as the good guys artificially massaged the bad guy's heart to activate the biometric-fingerprint system on his phone. Many modern biometric systems require some evidence of life to work, so the old system of just severing a finger is no longer reliable.