NIST Just Exposed the Age Estimation Number Vendors Don't Want You to See

Identity Verification Just Became Infrastructure — And Your Evidence Better Survive It

A facial recognition match used to be enough to move a case forward. Now, in courtrooms across the U.K. and the U.S., judges aren't asking whether the match was right. They're asking whether you can Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/identity-verification-just-became-infrastructure-and-your-evidence-better-surviv

99% Accurate? Your Surveillance Photo Just Cost That Algorithm 40 Points

A facial recognition algorithm scores ninety-nine percent on its benchmark test. Then you feed it a real surveillance photo — grainy, off-angle, pulled from a compressed video frame — and that score plummets by thirty to Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/99-accurate-your-surveillance-photo-just-cost-that-algorithm-40-points

2 Million VPNs in One Month: How Age Verification Laws Backfired

Two million people downloaded a V.P.N. in a single month. Not because of a data breach. Not because of a hack. Because the U.K. turned on its age verification law. Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/2-million-vpns-in-one-month-how-age-verification-laws-backfired

EU's Biometric Border Just Quietly Collapsed at Dover — And Brussels Knows It

On 05-23-2026 , temperatures at Dover hit thirty degrees Celsius. Thousands of vehicles sat in queues stretching back for hours. And French border pol Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/eus-biometric-border-just-quietly-collapsed-at-dover-and-brussels-knows-it

Your $500K Home Closing Is the New Deepfake Target — And Nobody's Watching

A single fake video call. That's all it took. Someone impersonated a real estate attorney on a screen, changed the wiring instructions for a home closing, and walked away with three hundred thousand Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-500k-home-closing-is-the-new-deepfake-target-and-nobodys-watching