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December 9, 2012

Instead of a Password, Security Software Just Checks Your Eyes

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By Rachel Metz, Technology Review

Typing a password into your smartphone might be a reasonable way to access the sensitive information it holds, but a startup called EyeVerify thinks it would be easier—and more secure—to just look into the phone’s camera lens and move your eyes to the side. EyeVerify’s software identifies you by your “eyeprints,” the pattern of veins in the whites of your eyes. Everybody has four eyeprints, two in each eye on either side of the iris. The company claims that its method is as accurate as a fingerprint or iris scan, without requiring any special hardware.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507901/instead-of-a-password-security-software-just-checks-your-eyes/

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