Use of Facial scanning is becoming more common as a way to verify one’s identity when making purchases or proving one’s identity with a smartphone.
The use of various types of biometric data has been around for a while. It is gaining popularity among consumers at a rapid pace. This is especially important to remember as the demand for privacy and security grows.
We’ve previously discussed how biometrics is eliminating the need to remember passwords and revolutionizing the process of confirming an individual’s identity. Because who has the time to memorize a convoluted string of characters that they may need to change from time to time and for which they may be held accountable?
“Biometrics may be one way to get rid of passwords in the future, but the technology has its own set of problems,” “For example, if someone hacks your fingerprint, how do you change it?”
One researcher said, “The technologies are interesting, but we have only just started to figure out what the effects of wide use will be in terms of privacy, operations, and accuracy.”