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To Pay With Your Credit Card, Please Speak Up
prostoalex writes "It's reasonable easy for a thief to steal the social security number and bank account information (which is printed on a check) as well as an address. The next generation of financial tools are fighting this problem. Business Week talks about voice verification in future debit and credit cards. "Here's how it works: A special sensor on the credit card stores its owner's previously recorded voiceprint in digital form. When the owner receives a new card, he or she speaks a password into the sensor on the card. If the voiceprint matches, the card is activated.""
"My name is Werner Brandis. My voice is my (credit card) passport. Verify me."
Enter Ben Kingsley, Robert Redford, stage left.