Welcome to Future Bites, the quick-updates department of Cosmic Revolutions. This week, we have biometric ID systems being deployed – futuristic hand-scanners, to be precise. Regular readers will remember I wrote (here) about the promise of biometric scanners. They can reduce friction in our everyday lives, making basic transactions as effortless and secure as possible. … Continue reading
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Goodbye to Passwords: Debunking 3 Biometric Myths
Every new year, IBM puts forth their “5-in-5”: a set of predictions about the state of technology half a decade into the future. This year, the prediction that’s attracting the most controversy is that by 2017, you can ditch those 50+ passwords and PINs you need to remember, and biometric identification will step up to … Continue reading