An intensifying assault on the security of Australians' identification and financial information should push government and industry to embrace biometric technologies, a leading expert in the area said today.
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Major open-source vendors on Monday called for financial companies to contribute more code to the open-source community.
Health insurer Australian Health Management deployed a biometric voice recognition system that has enabled the firm's customers to avoid any authentication-related questions which usually precede an account query or claim.
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