The Biometric Update Podcast

The Trust Files: Michael Nash of World Ethical Data Foundation

The way digital identity is commonly presented – as a tool for protecting against fraud and other benign uses – is different from how it’s being built, according to World Ethical Data Foundation Director of Institutional Programming Michael Nash.
Nash tells The Trust Files, presented by Velvet and Biometric Update, that digital ID is redesigning how people are allowed to live their lives, without fixing the problems it was intended to solve.

Ep. 36: To Identity and Beyond: How Trulioo's Hal Lonas applies aeronautics to fighting fraud

Hal Lonas thought he might like to be an astronaut. So he studied aeronautics. But he got bored. 
The world of identity fraud moves faster than just about any sector, so Hal has found a suitable challenge as the CTO of Trulioo. In this episode, he talks about how to stay ahead of the bad guys when you're fighting fraud on a cosmic scale. 

The Trust Files: David Crack of SafeGuarden on data cooperatives

Cooperatives emerged as a reaction to the excesses of the industrial revolution. In the digital context, an equivalent can give people control and ownership over their own data while benefitting local communities, SafeGuarden Co-founder and Chair of CDD Services David Crack.
Data cooperatives offer the opportunity to reuse the data for proof of age or to share a range of credentials, Crack says I the latest episode of The Trust Files.

Ep. 35: Age assurance standards move into focus ahead of 2026 global summit

Tony Allen is busy organizing the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, coming to Manchester from April 12-14, 2026. But he took some time to give the Biometric Update Podcast a preview of some festival highlights, as well as his thoughts on how age assurance legislation is unfolding in Australia and the UK -- and, on chairs. 

The Trust Files: Kartik Venkatesh of GBG

In a contribution to The Trust Files, presented by Velvet and Biometric Update, Venkatesh argues credentials are just one piece in the larger continuous trust machine. He explains the urgency of the situation and the other pieces of the system needed to scale AI safely.

Ep. 34: Conversations from MOSIP Connect 2026

Conversations from on the ground at MOSIP Connect 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt talks digital identity, inclusion, interoperability and biometrics with Andrew Musoke of CMU Africa and Digvijay Kanwar of Next Biometrics. 

The Trust Files: Adam Rusbridge of Ping Identity

The agent economy is replacing the digital economy the world is still adjusting to, Ping Identity Group Product Manager Adam Rusbridge says in the new episode of The Trust Files, from Velvet and Biometric Update.
But unauthenticated AI agents represent a trust gap in this new three-actor system, according to Rusbridge. He suggests the paradigm shift requires a universal trust layer to enable visibility and governance, which fortunately can be achieved by extending zero-trust identity foundations. It is an evolution, he says, not a revolution.

Ep. 33: FaceTec's Jay Meier says liveness is king, UWI will reshape wallet ecosystem

Jay Meier of FaceTec wants you to know that not all liveness detection is of the same pedigree. Testing is critical, so relying parties can know who to trust. Universal Wallet Infrastructure (UWI) is set to change the game for interoperability. And the VC guys? Maybe we don't need them in ten years, when biometrics and liveness do everything. A lively conversation between FaceTec's Chief Identity Technology Strategist and Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt. 
 

The Trust Files: Kari McMullen of McMullen Project Partners

The status quo, with personal data as the default currency for value exchange, underpins the free online services that are central to the way most people experience the internet.
Empowering consumers may benefit businesses more than commonly thought, however, MyTerms Co-founder Kari McMullen suggests in the new episode of the Trust Files, from Velvet and Biometric Update.

Episode 32: Julian Corbett breaks down k-ID-led OpenAge Initiative

OpenAge, the reusable age assurance system based on passkeys, launched in November of last year. Since then, it has garnered support from all sides of the debate, from Meta to the adult content industry to children's rights campaigners. In this episode, Julian Corbett, head of the OpenAge Initiative, explains how it spun out from compliance provider k-ID.