All told, an average smartphone has 10 or so sensors measuring precise details about location and user habits. Somerville (left) and Whaley say computer advances in "implicit authentication" will allow your smartphone to identify you without your taking any action. What Whaley calls "implicit authentication" may change the way humans interact not only with phones and websites, but maybe the world at large. Ingevaldson noted that a billion smartphones are now equipped with fingerprint sensors, and consumers clamor for banks to accept biometric proof. Whaley said the passive biometric data would be kept on the smartphones themselves, not by the company.

Source: The Star March 03, 2017 02:32 UTC