Security News

Ears as a Biometric (Schneier on Security)
2015-05-01 17:46

It's an obvious biometric for cell phones: Bodyprint recognizes users by their ears with 99.8% precision with a false rejection rate of only 1 out of 13. Grip, too. News story. EDITED TO ADD: I...

Yahoo develops cheap, effective biometric smartphone authentication (Help Net Security)
2015-04-30 11:56

A group of Yahoo researchers have demonstrated that apart from fingerprints, other parts of the human body, such as ears, fists, palms and fingers, can also be successfully used to authenticate users ...

The invasion of biometrics (Help Net Security)
2015-04-27 08:12

Depending on where you stand biometrics is a good thing or something that is downright sinister. The truth is that to a degree biometric technologies have a valid and useful purpose but also have the ...

Behavioral biometrics: The password you can’t forget (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 12:28

This year’s Mobile World Congress featured more biometrics technology than ever before, with the launch of Google’s Android Pay and Samsung Pay both unveiling technology that enables payments through ...