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Maybe you cover your PIN number when you enter it into an ATM. Perhaps you change and strengthen your computer passwords often. You may even refrain from posting personal information on your favorite social networking site. But in today’s wired world, no matter what precautions we take, everyone leaves digital footprints behind. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/watch-your-digital-step/
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With all types of biometric applications on the rise, voice-based authentication is one approach that seems to engender less resistance among users than other biometric forms of security. It is non-contact, non-intrusive and easy to use. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/a-familiar-voice/
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Seven percent of GDP was lost to fraud in 2008, according to the US Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. That's $994 billion a year. But new technology can significantly protect against forged documents such as checks, certificates or passports. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/fraud-fighters/
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In early 2008, the media picked up on research results coming from Glasgow University that had huge implications for controlling access in all sorts of corporate, government-controlled and even public settings. Professor of Psychology Mike Burton and his colleagues reported that they had developed a system that modeled human familiarity based on variance in a series of an individual’s photographs, and that in certain samples their results approached 100 percent accuracy in automated face recognition. Would apparent advances in this form of biometric technology have the potential to replace other biometric security methods such as voice verification, fingerprinting and retinal recognition? https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/never-forget-a-face/
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Previously, the physical and virtual worlds couldn’t be further apart when it came to security. You entered a building using a physical token like a key or access card, and logged into your computer with a user name and password – with no overlap between the two. Yet that has all begun to change. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/bridging-two-worlds/
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With so many smart card options on the market, manufacturers are constantly exploring new card design and composition in order to give customers a broad array of choices that meet both practical needs and design desires. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/smart-card-flexibility/
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A recent survey of passengers on Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, showed that fingerprint identification has become widely accepted. Over 70% of Swedish respondents who participated in a trial to validate their luggage check-in with their fingerprints were positive and thought that the system should be introduced full-scale to allow ticket-free travel and remote check-in. The respondents felt that convenience was the main advantage. In response, SAS has expanded the trial and is now testing the fingerprinting system on several key domestic routes in Sweden, to ensure that the checked-in passenger is the same person who boards the plane. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/hands-on-access/
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Your fingerprints, your iris, even the shape of your ear are unique and can be used to identify you. But beyond their unique properties, they contain no information about you - who you are, what groups you belong to, what you have been give access to. Biometrics are best used to strengthen existing methods of identity management. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/biometrics-and-identity-management/
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Biometric systems are entering the mainstream of security and access control as the technology improves and system costs come down. All security applications are challenging, and one of the toughest environments is correctional facilities where you can find a large population of people who have time on their hands and mischief on their minds. Some, perhaps, with experience defeating security systems. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/prison-pulls-plug-on-fingerprint-lock/
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Proving your identity whether in person or online has become a normal part of everyday life. The security industry however has a vision of replacing long lists of codes and passwords and stacks of documents with a single, common identification that can be used whether checking in at the airport or buying a teapot online. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/keeping-identity-and-privacy-safe/
