One of the most frequently cited statistics regarding firearm ownership is that you’re more likely to be killed by a…
Browsing: Biometrics
You might recall, last year, that Google made it possible for Android users to use biometric security to protect (“protect”)…
Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in…
In future, you might well have to provide your biometric data to mobile service providers when obtaining a new cellphone…
Any social media platform worth its salt (and even many that aren’t) is often infected by droves of fake, spam,…
If we’ve learned anything from sci-fi flicks, it’s that AI-driven law-enforcement comes in two flavours: Robocop and ED-209. The former…
The online retail giant Amazon has moved from our screens to our streets, with the introduction of Amazon grocery and…
The first time I opened a bank account it was in a grand branch of Barclays Bank in an era when the bank…
Our electronic devices store a plethora of sensitive information. To protect this information, device operating systems such as Apple’s iOS and Android have locking mechanisms. These require user authentication before access is granted.
Users have been able to biometrically secure Facebook’s WhatApp messaging service for some time now, though it’s only recently that the feature has been available across the mobile ecosystem. Just Apple doesn’t count.