South African biometrics firm Ideco has started a campaign to raise awareness of biometric technology, and the benefits it offers against such prevalent issues such as identity fraud and economic crime. With the ever increasing threat to personal safety and peace of mind in a cyber dominated world, it is vital that we...
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It’s in the way you move.
The identification of who we are, as accurately as possible, has become the holy grail of biometrics. From fingerprints to voice, technology harnesses the way we are to generate a profile that can be identified at a future time. An article on Thirdfactor talks about the latest on the biometric bandwagon: gait biometrics. A...
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Cash at your fingertips.
CNN recently reported the installation of Europe's first biometric ATM, by Poland's BPS bank. While this technology has apparently been around and enjoying popularity for some time in other parts of the world, the West has proven more resistant to its acceptance. The technology, developed by Hitachi, is more than just a fingerprint, since: ...
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Biometrics added to e-signature service
An announcement has been made that e-signature service DocuSign has integrated Authentify’s automated phone call and voice capture authentication process into the DocuSign electronic document signature service. This new optional feature, works by triggering a call to the specified recipien't phone number, after they have e-signed a document using Docusign....
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