A.T.M.’s in Japan require a palm print to access money, while the new iPhone available since September allows you to use a fingerprint sensor. Barclays in London requires a voice print. It is the age of biometrics and additional security for you in an age of high tech cybercrime, reports the N.Y. Times today.
These types of security systems have long been the province of border control, military surveillance and national intelligence. Now they are rapidly moving into the consumer mainstream to unlock laptops and smartphones or as a supplement to passwords at banks, hospitals and libraries.
But the technology also comes with a host of troublesome issues if it is abused or misused.
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