Portland Business Tribune: Electronic device says who you are, and how loyal
Article by Joseph Gallivan Portland Business Tribune February 09 2021 SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, talks about loyalty and hiring at the Portland retailer and software developer. SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, says one day we will go to concerts again, and business conferences, and sporting events, and rallies — and […]
Mittens, Memes and Secure Identity
Inauguration week in the United States this year carried with it a host of powerful expectations. From election challenges to pandemic memorials to threats to the historic swearing-in of America’s first female Vice President, this year brought many historic moments. And yet, the photo that stole the show wasn’t of Kamala Harris’s purple pantsuit, or the striking ensemble of inaugural poet […]
Biometric Security Update: An Overview in the Covid-19 Era
Biometric identity was once the future: but what happens when they aren’t accurate or secure? Biometrics is a powerful technological advancement in the identification and security space. But with that power comes a deep need for accountability and close ethical scrutiny. After all, journalists have recently found that in places like Detroit, facial recognition devices […]
Biometric Identity Issues: Robert Williams Wrongful Arrest
The well documented wrongful arrest of Robert Williams is symptomatic of what happens when human beings delegate decision-making to technology that is not well proven or well vetted for accuracy. This is especially problematic when it comes to Black communities, because these algorithms are demonstrably less accurate with Black faces. (Details here) Robert Williams was […]
A Biometric Reckoning: Recognizing the Power of Technology in the Face of the BLM Protests
The murder of George Floyd happened one month ago. Since then, protesters in the hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to proclaim that Black Lives Matter (#blacklivesmatter) and to ask for police accountability in the face of systematic racism. The vast majority of these protesters have been peaceful people exercising their first amendment rights […]
IOT Sensors (Part 4) — A Future of Sensor Dust
The fourth and final part of the IOT Sensor story… from past to present to future predictions. Looks at the emerging markets of “sensor dust” and ultra-pervasive computing systems. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive […]
Biometrics Drive the Future of Payments
> Reprint: Payments Next by Ned Hayes, General Manager, SureID It’s Monday, and you need a little brain fuel in the form of caffeine intake. When you pull up to the ordering station, you name your drink. When you order, you tap the kiosk with one finger. A moment later, you pick up the […]
Defending Biometric Security – Gluecon
Great session at Gluecon yesterday on Defending Biometric Security — here are the overview slides on the session I conducted. High level overview, but a very useful and detailed conversation afterward that went to a deeper level. Hope this high level overview is as useful to others as it was to our group who discussed […]
Ethics and Biometric Identity
Reprint: Security InfoWatch Biometrics represent a huge advancement from the centuries-old use of paper documentation but with a price Ned Hayes Mar 18th, 2019 Biometrics is a powerful technological advancement in the identification and security space. But with that power comes a deep need for accountability and close ethical scrutiny. Alice enters a twelve-digit […]
How to Use Biometrics to Ensure Security: An Interview with Ned Hayes of SureID — Toolbox Interview
| Interview with Ned Hayes (Re-posted from Toolbox) By Neha Pradhan Thursday, February 14, 2019 “Biometrics provide multiple modalities and are not so easy to fake, spoof, or duplicate in real-time, they have now taken the pole position in terms of identity proofing.” The General Manager of SureID, Ned Hayes, weighs in on how the use […]