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06/08/23 08:50 AM IST

UIDAI is using AI to tackle payment fraud

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  • To safeguard Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched out a new two-layered security method for Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication.
About FMR - FIR
  • The UIDAI has rolled out an in-house Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning technology-based Finger Minutiae Record – Finger Image Record (FMR-FIR) modality that can check the liveness of a fingerprint to detect the use of cloned fingerprint during the authentication process to prevent AePS frauds by the use of spoofed fingerprints during Aadhaar authentication.
  • To safeguard Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched out a new two-layered security method for Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication.
  • The new technology improvement, would employ a combination of “finger minutia and finger image” to assess the vitality of the scanned fingerprint.
  • The new two-factor/layer authentication adds add-on checks to validate the genuineness (liveness) of the fingerprint, further reducing the chances of spoofing attempts.
About UIDAI
  • The UIDAI is a statutory authority established on 12th July 2016 by the Government of India under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, following the provisions of the Aadhaar Act 2016.
  • The UIDAI was initially set up by the Government of India in January 2009, as an attached office under the aegis of the Planning Commission.
  • The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India.
  • As of 31st October 2021, UIDAI had issued 131.68 crore Aadhaar numbers.
Source- Indian Express

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