Amazon have announced the patenting of ear biometrics, for the use of unlocking a smartphone when the user gets a call. With a individual's ear shape being as unique as their fingerprint, this seems to make sense.
When the phone rings, and I put it to my ear, the tech recognises my ear shape as...
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Biometric Payment Card from SmartMetric Coming Soon.
Wouldn't it be great if your payment card was biometrically coded to you and only you? SmartMetric are just about ready to introduce just that reality.
"The company announced that the card — a self-powered, rechargeable battery card that uses the user’s fingerprint to activate the payment card’s EMV chip — will soon roll...
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Apple Pay Makes it Easy to Steal the Gold
Apple Pay may have overreached it's "coolness", by making it easier for credit card fraud to occur within its payment system.
"Payment cards can be added to Apple Pay by taking a photo of the card, and allowing a device to run optical character recognition over the image to fill out the long card number,...
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Europe Set to Trial Biometric Screening
Back in October, the EU implemented the Smart Borders Initiative, which was designed to make it easier for foreigners who frequently travel to the EU as well as to monitor third-country nationals crossing the borders. As part of the program, a biometric screening trial is being rolled out, with non-EU nationals being asked to participate...
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