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  • Biometrics and the Gullible, Wide Eyed Public

    With the current state of biometric technologies and the questions surrounding the security and integrity of stored biometric data, the public is not so much gullible as rightly sceptical.

  • Jelly babies dupe fingerprint security

    Companies using fingerprint readers to increase security now have to worry about a new threat: the gummy finger.

  • RFID passports take off

    Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

  • Companies urged to move beyond passwords

    Companies are "fiddling while Rome burns" by continuing to put their faith in passwords to guarantee user authentication, a Gartner analyst has warned.

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