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Using Face Recognition Instead of a PIN Number

Posted by samzenpus on from the please-enter-your-face-again dept.

coondoggie writes "Face recognition as a unique biometric is growing slowly in certain corporate and consumer applications, but researchers at the University of Houston (UH) are trying to make the technology far more ubiquitous and secure: they want it to replace the dozens of personal identification numbers (PIN), passwords and credit card numbers everyone uses every day. University researchers developed the URxD face recognition software that uses a three-dimensional snapshot of a person's face to create a unique biometric identifier."

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  1. PIN *NUMBER* ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is a little redundant, douchebag. Why do they have to post stories with a title that says "Personal Identification Number Number?" Die, tool.

    1. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Attention, everyone who gets all upset and pedantic about people saying PIN number:

      STFU up already!

    2. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Automated Teller Machine Machine
      pfffft

    3. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Network Interface Card Card.

    4. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by monk.e.boy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I thought it was PIN Identification Number Number?

      (joke)

      ,p>monk.e.boy
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    5. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by JasterBobaMereel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No it's Coup de grâce ... you ignorant douché-bag

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