Biometric Authentication in Everyday Life Phones Banking and Beyond
Biometric authentication is revolutionizing how we live and work. Financial institutions, mobile operators companies, insurance providers, sharing and gig economy platforms, telehealth providers and e-learning centers all rely on biometric identification technologies for user identification purposes. As part of the onboarding process, biometrics capture physical characteristics like fingerprints, facial features, voice patterns or iris scans and convert them into digital templates stored securely - when authenticated, users are permitted access their accounts or make payments. Fingerprints Fingerprint recognition has become an increasingly popular way of unlocking mobile phones and authenticating digital services, providing passwordless authentication of banking platforms as well as secure remote self-service solutions. Fingerprints provide an effective means of identification. However, this system isn't foolproof: for example fingerprint scanners may be compr...