Biometric and Identity Theft
Identifying individuals has always been a tricky task. To avoid frauds, industries have been trying to find new ways of identifying individuals. Initially, registers were maintained everywhere, but with everything going digital, they had to find a new way. And unique ids and passwords came in. This password-protected layer was easy to break as half the time people failed to maintain a strong password and half the time these data were leaked. This is when Biometric identification came into use. Biometric identification Biometric identification is a way of identifying individuals on the basis of their unique biological traits. These traits can be fingerprints, retina scan, voice recognization, etc. A very common example of biometric identification is smartphones. From passwords, they have shifted to the fingerprint scanner and facial recognization. While this is a safer way of identification, it is way riskier than any other mode of identification. Risks of using biometric ident...