Passwords are passe but biometrics are not mobile

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 09:32 in Mathematics & Economics

Writing in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, researchers from the US and Germany point out an inherent flaw in the financial industry adopting biometric logins to boost security in that the advent of mobile devices, such as netbooks, PDAs, and smart phones might make biometric logins impossible when one is on the move.

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