A study by the US General Services Administration (GSA) has revealed that five remote identity verification (RiDV) technologies are unreliable, inconsistent, and marred by bias across different demographic groups. In a pre-press version of the GSA study, shared this month, the agency said that only two of the RiDV products it tested were equitable for all users; two others had at least one demographic where error rates and false rejections were notably higher, with one product showing significantly higher rejection rates for Black participants and individuals with darker skin tones.

Source: The Register