Security
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3.0KBetter Safe Than Sorry: Google’s AI Gets An Off Switch
As Google’s artificial intelligence gets more and more creative, writing poems and making music, we’re beginning to wonder how soon the AI will turn...
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4.9KJapanese Mesh Glasses Could Mask Your Identity From Facial Recognition Software
While passwords and PINs seem old-fashioned for some, comfortable with fingerprints already and overall supportive of biometrics in security, other appreciate their...
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2.4KHow Do You Feel About Paying Your Groceries With Your Eye?
A while back, we were talking about the reliability of iris recognition scanners , as they work with iris textures, unique features that every individual...
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2.6KNow, There Are Embedded Traffic Lights In The Sidewalk For Chronic Texters
Germans are going the extra mile for the safety of their citizens. In one city, officials have embedded traffic lights in the...
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2.5KSoon, You’ll Be Able To Log In With The Sound Of Your Skull
We’ve been using biometrics for some time now, either on our phones, or in airports, protecting our data with our very flesh....
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2.9KThe Magic of Biometrics: Why You Don’t Have To Hide Cash Under The Mattress (IV)
In the previous chapter of our Biometric series, we found out more about biometric authentication methods and alternatives and understood why smartphones...
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2.3KKenyan Students Will Have To Provide Biometric Data To Keep Schools Safe
In our first editorial series, we’ve covered #themagicofbiometrics, how our body is the best security measure for personal data but also for...
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3.3KThis Metal Foam Obliterates Bullets As Only Superman Could
Ironman braved bullets like a champion but Superman rejected them as if they were watermelons splashing on the ground. We never thought...
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6.4KThe Magic of Biometrics: Trust Your Eyes, Veins And Voice To Keep Your Data Safe! (III)
In the second part of our Biometrics editorial series, we understood why computer vision is the building block of e-passports and smartphones....
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2.5KUnderwater eye scanning? Samsung Galaxy Note 6 Might Take The Leap
Samsung might just bring a new waterproof phone this summer, just in time for vacation. After the S7 and S7 Edge’ water...
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4.4KThe Magic Of Biometrics: The Building Block of e-Passports And Secure Smartphones (II)
In the first chapter of our editorial series, we explored the origin of biometrics and the reason why Techthelead started this magical journey through...
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2.2KLatest iOS Update Bug Lets Anyone Access Your Photos Through Siri
As much as Apple wants to keep our data safe, sometimes even they get sidetracked by unexpected software bugs. It appears that...
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3.3KThe Magic of Biometrics: An Extension of Ourselves (I)
Here, at Techthelead, we believe in navigating with a compass through the multitude of advancements in technology nowadays, all of them “indistinguishable...
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3.0KBiometric Authentication System “Windows Hello” Will Soon Work With Websites
Yesterday, at the Build event for developers, Microsoft announced that their biometric solution, “Windows Hello”, was ready to work with websites. Among...
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6.5KPolice Car Uses Facial Recognition To Detect Suspects
Biometrics are quickly becoming not just hackers’ no.1 enemy for hackers but also every law offender’s worst nightmare. Thanks to researchers at...
