There has been an increase in “selfie spoofing” scams, or scams in which a fraud actor takes a target’s selfie in order to authenticate a stolen identity and open fraudulent accounts.
SmartMetric, Inc. reports the top benefits associated with using biometric authentication for payments in the mind of consumers are that it eliminates the need to remember multiple passwords/PINs (50%) and perceptions that it is more secure than passwords/PINs (46%).
California passed a new law that went into effect on July 1 that requires schools to print suicide prevention information on every student ID grades 7th-12th.
