The Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI) on 15 January 2018 decided to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar for people facing issues with other forms of biometric verification like fingerprint and iris scanning.
- UIDAI introduces yet another landmark technology for authentication – Face Authentication. AadhaarFaceAuth will help all elderly or others facing issues with fingerprint authentication. Service to be launched by 1 July 2018.
- The UIDAI said the new feature will be allowed only when combined with “one more authentication factor”, like fingerprint, iris or OTP.
- This facility is going to help in inclusive authentication of those who are not able to biometrically authenticate due to their worn out fingerprints, old age or hard work conditions.
- The camera, said the Aadhaar authority, is now available across laptops and mobiles, which made face capture feasible without any additional hardware.
- Last week, the UIDAI announced a new move to secure Aadhaar, in which a randomly-generated 16-digit temporary number can be shared instead of the biometric ID.