Usually, whenever anyone talks about biometrics, the first thing they think about are fingerprint scanners like those found on the latest crop of Apple and Android-based smartphones. This isn’t a new concept: a 2003 paper from the SANS Institute goes into significant detail about the notion. The idea even dates all the way back to the 1980s, when it was deployed at some high-security data center entry doors. I can recall using several of these to gain access to the various data centers that I have visited over the years.
The latest fingerprint scanners are great for protecting general access to your phone. But that’s pretty much it. Apple doesn’t have any interfaces for individual apps on that phone, and even when they do develop this, it will still be some time before they can be implemented. Certainly, Android (and Samsung specifically) seems to have the jump on iOS when it comes to this particular form of biometrics for the time being.
And there are other Minority Report-style biometrics devices that are in the works. One idea is to scan your eyeball, and vendors such as EyeLock are trying to deliver lower-cost models that can be more generally deployed for the public. And not all eyeball scanners are alike: this post explores the common differences and talks about the different elements of the eye that are actually scanned and calculated.
Parece que tudo que víamos em sci-fi movies pode se tornar realidade. Eu gostaria que inventassem o teletransporte. E vcs?
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