ID Tech Daily Digest Audio Edition - Thursday, October 15

Starting off in North America, where a federal appeals court has ruled that Florida's law restricting social media for minors is likely constitutional, lifting an injunction that previously blocked it.

The decision allows the state to enforce rules requiring parental consent for fourteen and fifteen-year-olds and banning anyone under fourteen from platforms with addictive features.

This also led to tech trade groups warning that the measure will enforce platforms to verify the age of every user in the state.

Also in the US, Socure posted forty-two point seven million dollars in new bookings for the third quarter of this year, doubling its customer base to more than six thousand organizations.

Following a five point two billion dollar valuation round led by Summit Partners, the company says it's on track to reach four hundred and fifty million dollars in annual recurring revenue by year-end, driven by demand for its new DocV Omega verification engine and autonomous fraud agents.

Over in Identity Tech, Proof has launched X401, an open protocol that lets websites verify which real person, uh, an AI agent is acting on the behalf of and then confirm exactly what they are approved to do.

Connecting directly to AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol, the system uses on-device biometrics and hardware keys to sign specific transaction terms, stopping autonomous bots from making changes, purchases, or payments without user permission.

Wrapping up in the US, Missouri has launched Show Me Your Age, a state-built mobile app that lets retailers scan driver's licenses to prevent underage sales of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis.

The tool processes ID barcodes entirely on device without storing or transmitting personal customer data back to state databases, alerting clerks to step in and physically inspect suspicious or expired cards.

Starting off in North America, where a federal appeals court has ruled that Florida's law restricting social media for minors is likely constitutional, lifting an injunction that previously blocked it.

The decision allows the state to enforce rules requiring parental consent for fourteen and fifteen-year-olds and banning anyone under fourteen from platforms with addictive features.

This also led to tech trade groups warning that the measure will enforce platforms to verify the age of every user in the state.

Also in the US, Socure posted forty-two point seven million dollars in new bookings for the third quarter of this year, doubling its customer base to more than six thousand organizations.

Following a five point two billion dollar valuation round led by Summit Partners, the company says it's on track to reach four hundred and fifty million dollars in annual recurring revenue by year-end, driven by demand for its new DocV Omega verification engine and autonomous fraud agents.

Over in Identity Tech, Proof has launched X401, an open protocol that lets websites verify which real person, uh, an AI agent is acting on the behalf of and then confirm exactly what they are approved to do.

Connecting directly to AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol, the system uses on-device biometrics and hardware keys to sign specific transaction terms, stopping autonomous bots from making changes, purchases, or payments without user permission.

Wrapping up in the US, Missouri has launched Show Me Your Age, a state-built mobile app that lets retailers scan driver's licenses to prevent underage sales of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis.

The tool processes ID barcodes entirely on device without storing or transmitting personal customer data back to state databases, alerting clerks to step in and physically inspect suspicious or expired cards.