Displaying items by tag: biometric

With the claim of "cutting edge biometric and document verification", the Australian founded identify verification solution, greenID, has been seriously upgraded. 

Fujitsu PalmSecure is a biometric authentication solution with palm vein scanning, successfully in use for well over a decade to secure computers, building ATMs, manage stadium entry, building access and more.

The latest research expects plenty more handsets featuring facial recognition in 2018 alone, with the figure to grow to over a billion by 2020. 

If you’ve ever forgotten your password, iris scanners have arrived too, courtesy of Fujitsu in Japan, adding to biometric fingerprint reader features.

While a new survey suggests almost a third of Australians are comfortable about providing a biometric to prove their identity when travelling on public transport, they shouldn't according to the NSW Council of Civil Liberties. 'People can catch a train with a ticket - why do they need a fingerprint?' asked president Cameron Murphy.

The Government will investigate the use of a variety of "pre-commitment" technologies, including the possible use of a biometric fingerprint, to help track and curb the losses of problem gamblers, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.