Wednesday, October 11, 2006


Young Shoppers Want To Pay With Chip in Skin
"Some customers are willing to have microchip implants as a means of paying in stores, a report out today says.

Teenagers are more open to the idea of having a high-tech shopping experience, the Tomorrow's Shopping World report suggests.

Around 8 per cent of 13 to 19-year-olds were open to the idea of microchip implants while 16 per cent wanted trolleys to be fitted with SatNav systems.

This compared to just 5 per cent and 12 per cent respectively for adults asked the same questions. Two thirds of teenagers and 62 per cent of adults questioned for grocery think tank IGD's report wanted self-scanning systems at shop check-outs.

Some 7 per cent of people in both age groups were willing to use biometric iris or retina recognition payment systems..."



Hey mommy, can I get an implant? Please??? I wanna be just like Suzy and Jim and Bobby!! I want mine put in the back of my head.
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Memories: The Next Step in Biometric Authentication?
"A meaningful memory, according to the company, will impact the way the person manipulates the mouse and otherwise interacts with the network. The data from the reaction is analyzed and, at least theoretically, reveals whether the person typing is who they say they are. This, we suppose, is akin to how a lie detector works.

This clearly has a significant impact for mobile users. Laptops, which continue to disappear at an alarming rate, increasingly carry sensitive data and are often set up for easy access to corporate databases. It\x{2019}s important to make sure the right person is using them. Cutting edge biometrics offers a potent tool to do this.

What\x{2019}s particularly interesting about Cogneto\x{2019}s product is that it signals the evolution of biometrics from the purely physical \x{2014} such as a fingerprint \x{2014} to something that is a combination of physical and non-physical. That\x{2019}s kind of funny, a bit scary \x{2014} and potentially very useful..."

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Pay By Touch Introduces Online Biometric Authentication Service
"US-based Pay By Touch has introduced an online biometric authentication service that utilises fingerprint scanning technology to verify PC users.

The vendor says the service, called TrueMe, provides PC users with a fast and secure way to identify themselves, interact and transact on the Web using their fingerprints.

When signing in a user touches a TrueMe certified finger sensor built into a computer or attached as a USB device. Information about the user's fingerprint is encrypted inside the sensor and combined with the unique device ID before it is sent to the TrueMe authentication servers.

The user's authenticated identity is then sent through a secure connection to the Web site or service that the customer is trying to access. If the person is identified as an authorised user, they immediately granted access."



Great... now instead of torturing my password out of me, they can just chop off my finger. Nice...
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