Tag Archives: Biometrics

FIDO approach reveals identity and access confusion

FIDO’s approach to passwords, while convenient, first reveals a dangerous confusion between access and identity. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable. Identities are fixed while access keys are changeable. In the physical world, we use them for different needs.

Your identity is used to identify yourself, for example when you cross a country border, when you need to prove you have the legal rights to live in a country or to live in a house. Your legal identity is fixed and doesn’t change when you change job or country. Your identity is unique.

How biometric technology can be used for remote proof of life authentication

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital financial services, driving organizations to speed up their transformation programs globally. Most banks, as well as pension providers, are still in the early stages of integrating technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, and as the world continues to battle the long-term effects of COVID-19, the limitations of the current banking landscape have been laid bare.