Biometrics articles

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  Federal, state police use driver's license photos in searchable, biometric databases

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on June 17, 2013 02:33 pm + 10 comments

  Law enforcement agencies are building what critics say is becoming a de facto national, searchable Continue reading…

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  Windows 8.1 fingerprint reader support includes option to secure folders with a finger (update)

  By Tom Warren on June 4, 2013 08:25 am + 45 comments

  Microsoft has been detailing additional Windows 8.1 improvements this week at its annual Tech-Ed Continue reading…

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  Senate committee votes in favor of fingerprinting foreign travelers at US airports

  By Carl Franzen on May 20, 2013 06:19 pm + 92 comments

  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today in favor of an amendment to an immigration reform bill Continue reading…

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  Barclays substitutes voice recognition for security questions in banking call centers

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2013 12:47 pm + 7 comments

  For the past several months, British bank Barclays has been phasing out the security question in Continue reading…

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  Valve looks to sweat levels and eye controls for future game design

  By Amar Toor on May 7, 2013 05:52 am + 21 comments

  Valve has begun testing new biofeedback technologies based on a player's sweat levels and eye Continue reading…

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  Google accelerates push to replace passwords by joining FIDO Alliance

  By Casey Newton on April 23, 2013 08:38 pm + 29 comments

  Amid a growing consensus that passwords are not adequately secure, the group of tech companies Continue reading…

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  Affordable brainwave sensors could make typed passwords obsolete

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 8, 2013 10:57 am + 30 comments

  There's little doubt that the traditional password is in danger of being replaced — much has been Continue reading…

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  Cobweb-scanning software can identify spider species

  By Sam Byford on March 30, 2013 11:37 pm + 5 comments

  Researchers have devised a software system that can analyze a spider web and find out which species Continue reading…

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  Lenovo, PayPal, and others launch the FIDO Alliance to replace passwords with more secure alternatives

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 13, 2013 01:17 pm + 9 comments

  There's little doubt that the venerable password, the internet's primary authentication tool, is Continue reading…

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  BioSole shoe sensors can ID you after just three steps

  By Andrew Webster on July 22, 2012 11:19 pm + 13 comments

  Sci-fi films have taught us that one day we'll be identified through quick eye scans, but Continue reading…