Convenient, but this will lead to other uses that are creepy. "Apple on Tuesday introduced two new iPhones, including for the first time a model with a fingerprint sensor that can be used instead of a passcode to open the phone and buy products. The new feature is part of a trove of authentication tools being developed for consumers, and not just for phones.Some of these, like the fingerprint sensor, involve the immutable properties humans are encoded with, while others turn our phones into verification devices. Among the most novel — and also somewhat unsettling — of biometric authentication tools is a new wristband developed by cryptographers at the University of Toronto. It contains a voltmeter to read a heartbeat."
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:03:25 +0000
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