Biometrics Win Support From the Lazy

judgecorp writes "We're used to discussions about privacy and security, but amongst users, the real issue is ease of use, according to a survey by Unisys. It's not a huge sample, but ten percent of the users in Asia were happy to be chipped and have done with it." From the article: "Frost & Sullivan security analyst James Turner said while speed of identity verification may be driving people's acceptance of biometrics, the key issue is that biometrics can be a security block, rather than an enabler. Turner added that what is more important in the smartcard debate is ratifying exactly where the identification data is stored. "

Comments

Man I hate having to type in my /. password.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

I wish there was someway for me to use a fingerprint scanner or embedded RFID - that way I could get first post! ;-)

Where the chip is best stored...

[parasonic]

...is in the body area most likely to be guarded.

Re:Turn it off?

[Stradenko]

Chip your hand and wear a nice set of wire-mesh gloves. Put some leather around the wire-mesh and you'd be borderline fashionable.

Re:Turn it off?

[MrHeartbreak]

Wear a glove everywhere? Kewl!

Trendy, just like Michael Ja... oh, wait.

Re:is it who the chip says it is?

[voice_of_all_reason]

The career chip police. You gotta do what ya gotta do.

Well of COURSE they don't care....

[Khan]

...that's because they are godless heathens! ;-)

Famous quotation

[caluml]

Wasn't it Abe Lincoln that said: "Those that would be be lazy and get an RFID chip inserted into them deserve no privacy - who shot me?"

I'm lazy

[tezza]

I would have voted against biometrics, but never quite got around to it.