By John Glenday

Barclays has announced it is to embrace the biometric ID revolution with the adoption of futuristic ‘finger-vein’ identification technology which promises to accurately identify customers by their distribution of blood vessels.

The machines, which will begin rolling out next year, could spell the end for pin numbers, passcodes and the plethora of authentication measures which now dog online life by singling out the unique signature of each individual’s body.

A portable scanner can be plugged directly into any computer, enabling the owner to simply insert their finger for a quick infra-red scan to gain access to their account. The resulting data is Read full story ›

Source: The Drum