Biometrics becoming the standard

Biometrics is officially part of the mobile application world. This is just one of the many stepping stones that led civilization to the modern advancement of technology that we experience today. Mobile devices and apps use this mobile tech as a security measure for their users, such as fingerprints, voice recognition, signature recognition, and facial recognition.

Because of its accuracy and reliability, biometrics has become an increasingly popular form of identification in recent years. Biometric systems identify people by using physical characteristics such as fingerprints or retinal scans. Because they cannot be easily shared or forged, they are considered safer and more reliable than passwords. Biometric technology can be used in a variety of settings, including financial transactions, government agencies, and healthcare facilities. In recent years, the cost of developing apps that use this technology has decreased significantly. Face recognition and fingerprint scanning have become standard features for many smartphone manufacturers, with Apple being one of the first to include Face ID in their devices. This has paved the way for immense security privacy and protection of rights and opened profound possibilities for more.

What distinguishes facial verification as a must-have in the biometrics field is its maturation with the addition of liveness checks. Liveness checks prevent spoofing,’ which includes criminals fooling technology by employing inventive tactics such as 2D pictures and video playback to verify they are the person they are impersonating. It is a face verification technology that provides a ‘challenge-response,’ asking the individual to blink to confirm eye movement and proof of life, determining whether the person is real and not a static image.