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Human Ear Could Be Next Biometric System
narramissic writes "A team of researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, has received funding from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to learn whether otoacoustic emissions (OAE), the ear-generated sounds that emanate from within the spiral-shaped cochlea in the inner ear, can be used as a viable biometric technology like fingerprints and IRIS recognition. According to a report in New Scientist, someday instead of asking for passwords or pin numbers, a call center or bank would simply use a device on their telephone to produce a brief series of clicks in the recipient's ear to confirm the person is who they say they are." Try faking that with gummy bears.
Authentication requires identification.
Biometrics are useless as identification since, as we have seen, they are easily spoofed.
Biometrics are shit for everything.
Microsoft.com is great, when used for ridicule, rather than authority.