It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service
An identity theft search site claimed to have more than 150 million driver’s license photos stolen from an ID verification service. The crime site has now shut down.
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Should you trust Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orb?
Ever wonder if you’re talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your humanity. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian […]
TruSources to show off its on-device identity-checking tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Age verification laws are a privacy and security nightmare. This Battlefield startup performs age checks on-device, without users having to upload their IDs to the internet.
The growing debate over age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
The growing debate over expanding age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
A rival Tea app for men is leaking its users’ personal data and driver’s licenses
The newly launched app, now trending on Apple’s App Store, contains at least one major security flaw that exposes the private information of its users, including their uploaded selfies and government-issued IDs.