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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. Oh dear by badfish99 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now the thieves are going to cut off my head, instead of just taking my finger.

  2. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by JoeInnes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Interesting. Note how the AC freely admits it's a relatively small infraction ("that is a little redundant"), yet still feels the need to call the poster a douchebag and a tool, and instruct him to die. I would conclude that he has a defective sensus of proportionus, and recommend a course of chill pills. Next patient please.

  3. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A PIN perhaps.

  4. PIN. Just PIN by aristolochene · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's a PIN. Not a PIN number.

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    echo $SIGNATURE
    1. Re:PIN. Just PIN by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Can you guess what the 'N' stands for?

  5. Re:PIN *NUMBER* ??? by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thanks for that, on behalf of my self and other people who are a bit slow today.

  6. Identical Twins by RationalRoot · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Identical Twins
    Need I say More ?

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    http://davesboat.blogspot.com/
  7. PIN Number is incorrect by Draelen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not "PIN Number", PIN stands for "Personal Identification Number", so you are really saying "Personal Identification Number Number", which is of course a redundancy.

  8. All just part of the terror of the RAS syndrome! by fantomas · · Score: 1, Redundant

    These are all just examples of the terror of the creeping RAS syndrome!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

    (RAS=Redundant Acronym Syndrome)