Biometrics take hold
US Airports and Passport Control move towards Biometric id verification, check in, and boarding
When an individual leaves many major airports they are faced with facial recognition as a means to pass thru security and in many cases to check in and board a plane. Many applications like unlocking a phone use facial recognition and fingerprint recognition.
Passwords are going the way of the buggy whip
Passwords are not as secure as biometric identifiers and over time will be replaced
Passwords will slowly give way to biometrics. Currently, computers and other devices have cameras, scanning capabilities, and AI capabilities which will make this shift possible.
Biometrics can be easily and accurately tied to a single individual. They do not have to be tied to any specific device. Rather they can be stored on the device itself or on an encrypted server and accessed whenever that individual needs access or use to the device, database, application, or use. There are eight that are or will be in use soon.
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