New Delhi: Aadhaar-issuing authority Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday announced face- recognition based authentication for Aadhaar users for an additional layer of protection against outside intrusions or breach.
The new authentication method will be launched by July 1, 2018. UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has tweeted that the new authentication measure will help all elderly or other facing issues with fingerprint authentication.
“To provide inclusive authentication, face photo can also be leveraged to verify the identity of a Aadhaar number holder. While Aadhaar Authentication API had the technical provision of sending photo of the face, this option is currently not enabled within CIDR,” a UIDAI circular said.
