Monday, 11. July 2016
Topic: SECURITY - on July 11, 2016 at 1:16:00 PM CEST
Do You Own Your Own Fingerprints?
An obscure law could lead to broader limits on biometrics. These days, many of us regularly feed pieces of ourselves into machines for convenience and security. Our fingerprints unlock our smartphones, and companies are experimenting with more novel biometric markers—voice, heartbeat, grip—as ID for banking and other transactions. But there are almost no laws in place to control how companies use such information. Nor is it clear what rights people have to protect scans of their retinas or the contours of their face from cataloging by the private sector.
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