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There is a bigger impact on the biometrics industry. Face recognition (because of the masks) is the most obvious one, but there are also fingerprint scanning an

There is a bigger impact on the biometrics industry. Face recognition (because of the masks) is the most obvious one, but there are also fingerprint scanning and voice recognition which took a hit. As a viable alternative, typing biometrics could be the safe & user-friendly way to go (recognising people by the way they type). You can see more on this topic on the TypingDNA blog: https://blog.typingdna.com/covid-19-pandemic-challenges-the-biometrics-industry/ https://blog.typingdna.com/covid-19-pandemic-challenges-the-...

gver10 6y ago
Could you explain what's wrong with disinfecting the fingerprint scanner?
- goatinaboat 6y ago
  Fingerprint scanners are legacy tech. The cool kids now are using palm vein scanners - great CER and non-contact, you just hover your hand an inch above.
  - dx034 6y ago
    Read about those at least a decade ago but never seen them in practice. Are they really used much?
- aditzup 6y ago
  The problem is convenience. I have to press the elevator button every day. After I disinfect my hand for the 5th time that day I use the stairs. Same with the fingerprint scanner.
asdff 6y ago
I'd probably be pinned for a different person entirely if I took a typing biometric first thing in the morning and after the fifth cup of coffee
- aditzup 6y ago
  That is not the case. I played around with this technology for a bit and it stores more than just one pattern in order to better understand how you type.
jobigoud 6y ago
What about ear and retina? Are these purely sci-fi at this point?
- lvturner 6y ago
  If I recall correctly several medical conditions can be detected by retinal scans, which has historically made widespread use of the technology undesirable. EDIT: Sorry, it seems that it's more that medical conditions make it unreliable > Certain eye-related medical conditions and diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, can render a person unable to use retina-scan technology, as the blood vessels can be obscured. https://www.biometricupdate.com/201307/explainer-retinal-scan-technology https://www.biometricupdate.com/201307/explainer-retinal-sca...
- totetsu 6y ago
  https://www.anuscan.com/ https://www.anuscan.com/
  - k12sosse 6y ago
    SmartPipe already has a lock and key algorithm that employs your topographical anal handshake.¹ https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ
    - totetsu 6y ago
      But are they ISO/IEC 27001 complaint
    - jobigoud 6y ago
      Haha! Wow, the part where there is a device down the pipe that acts as a mini laboratory, analyzes the fecal matter passing through, and sends you medical alerts on your smartphone… I could totally see this exist in the future. Identification could probably be done by sequencing the gut microbiome to avoid the camera taking pictures of your ass.
      - 6y ago
totetsu 6y ago
adding this api to my dns blocklist. thank you.

gver10 6y ago

Could you explain what's wrong with disinfecting the fingerprint scanner?

goatinaboat 6y ago
Fingerprint scanners are legacy tech. The cool kids now are using palm vein scanners - great CER and non-contact, you just hover your hand an inch above.
- dx034 6y ago
  Read about those at least a decade ago but never seen them in practice. Are they really used much?
aditzup 6y ago
The problem is convenience. I have to press the elevator button every day. After I disinfect my hand for the 5th time that day I use the stairs. Same with the fingerprint scanner.

asdff 6y ago

I'd probably be pinned for a different person entirely if I took a typing biometric first thing in the morning and after the fifth cup of coffee

aditzup 6y ago
That is not the case. I played around with this technology for a bit and it stores more than just one pattern in order to better understand how you type.

jobigoud 6y ago

What about ear and retina? Are these purely sci-fi at this point?

lvturner 6y ago
If I recall correctly several medical conditions can be detected by retinal scans, which has historically made widespread use of the technology undesirable. EDIT: Sorry, it seems that it's more that medical conditions make it unreliable > Certain eye-related medical conditions and diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, can render a person unable to use retina-scan technology, as the blood vessels can be obscured. https://www.biometricupdate.com/201307/explainer-retinal-scan-technology https://www.biometricupdate.com/201307/explainer-retinal-sca...
totetsu 6y ago
https://www.anuscan.com/ https://www.anuscan.com/
- k12sosse 6y ago
  SmartPipe already has a lock and key algorithm that employs your topographical anal handshake.¹ https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ
  - totetsu 6y ago
    But are they ISO/IEC 27001 complaint
  - jobigoud 6y ago
    Haha! Wow, the part where there is a device down the pipe that acts as a mini laboratory, analyzes the fecal matter passing through, and sends you medical alerts on your smartphone… I could totally see this exist in the future. Identification could probably be done by sequencing the gut microbiome to avoid the camera taking pictures of your ass.
    - 6y ago

totetsu 6y ago

adding this api to my dns blocklist. thank you.