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OPLIN 4cast #526: Laying a finger on our devices
January 25th, 2017

[image: Biometrics and password keys on keyboard] People don’t do very well
with passwords. No matter how many times security experts warn us about
using — and re-using — easily guessed passwords, last year almost 17%
<https://blog.keepersecurity.com/2017/01/13/most-common-passwords-of-2016-research-study/>
of us locked (maybe) our accounts with the password “123456.” Thus mobile
device makers have for some time resorted to fingerprint identification to
secure smartphones and some other mobile devices instead of relying on
passwords. In fact, fingerprint identification has been with us long enough
for people to start finding ways to get around it
<https://phys.org/news/2017-01-japan-fingerprint-theft-peace.html>, so some
businesses are now escalating the development of other biometric
identification techniques.
- Apple exploring two-step touch id and facial recognition system for
iPhone 8
<http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/21/apple-touch-id-facial-recognition-iphone-8>
(MacRumors | Tim Hardwick)  “Notably, [KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi] Kuo
believes the fingerprint recognition system will ‘ultimately be replaced by
a facial recognition system’ for enhanced security. ‘However, if the
technical challenges cannot be overcome, we believe a combination of
fingerprint and facial recognition is another possible solution.’ ‘Judging
by the bio-recognition patents that Apple has applied for, we believe it is
leaning toward facial recognition technology rather than iris recognition.’”
- Fujitsu develops palm-vein tech for mobile devices
<http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/5407/desc/fujitsu-develops-palm-vein-tech-for-mobile-devices/>
(Planet Biometrics)  “Users slide their fingers across the touch panel of
the mobile device, and as the user’s palm passes over the optical unit,
which continuously captures images of the palm. At the same time,
coordinate data obtained from the touch panel is also continuously
recorded. Even though the optical unit’s compact size results in a smaller
capture area, because the hand passes over the optical unit, the pattern of
palm veins is divided up for reading, enabling the entire palm vein pattern
to be used for authentication.”
- Latest in biometrics: Security system uses emotional fingerprint
<http://www.counselheal.com/articles/31069/20170122/latest-in-biometrics-security-system-uses-emotional-fingerprint.htm>
(Counsel & Heal | Minnow Blythe)  “The emotional states of the user are
matched to a pre-determined pattern and then compared with a particular
configuration of the system that will either allow or not allow the user
access to the resources. When the user next asks to be given access to the
resources, the system then just analyzes the user’s current brainwave
activities and matches it to the emotional fingerprint to determine if the
user can be granted access or not. By scanning the brainwave activities of
an individual, the biometric system can not only determine if the
individual can be given access to resources but also determine if in the
current emotional state of the user, will he or she be using the given
resources responsible or acting in his own terms.”
- Biometric hopes hinge on “multi-modality”
<http://www.bankingexchange.com/news-feed/item/6646-biometric-hopes-hinge-on-multi-modality>
(Banking Exchange | Bill Streeter)  “[…] fingerprint scanners don’t work
with gloves (nor particularly well with hand cream on your fingers). Facial
recognition requires good light. Voice recognition can be foiled by
background noise. And iris scans also require good light—and a willing
customer. As a result, banks and other implementers will have to think in
terms of not just one biometric technique, or “modality,” but of
“multi-modality.” That is, the ability to support multiple ways of
identifying people on mobile phones and other digital devices.”

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - A novel biometric authentication approach using ECG and EMG signals.
      <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=102319359>
      (*Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology*, May 2015, p.226-238 |
      Noureddine Belgacem, Régis Fournier, Amine Nait-Ali, and Fethi
      Bereksi-Reguig)
      - Multimodal biometrics for enhanced mobile device security.
      <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=114258901>
      (*Communications of the ACM*, April 2016, p.58-65 | Mikhail I. Gofman
      and Sinjini Mitra)
      - Better security through biometrics.
      <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=120244182>
      (*ABA Banking Journal*, Jan./Feb. 2017, p.20-23 | Monica C. Meinert)

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