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Exploring Biometric Solutions for Passwords and Future Security Trends

Calendar Jun 29, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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In the future, you'll have no need to remember passwords or PIN numbers. That's the vision presented by a handful of companies strutting their stuff in PC Expo's Biometropolis section. . . . In the future, you'll have no need to remember passwords or PIN numbers. That's the vision presented by a handful of companies strutting their stuff in PC Expo's Biometropolis section.

For one solution to the password mess, look no further than your fingertips. Fingerprint authentication is an idea that has been around for years, but it is becoming cheaper and easier to implement fingertip scanning on PCs.

Your fingers aren't the only game in town when it comes to biometric authentication. Veritel introduced its VoiceCheck technology, which allows access to a secure Web site following voice verification. The technology is designed to be platform-independent; though the demonstration used a PC as the target device, Veritel's solution could also be implemented on devices like cell phones.

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