Much of this issue examines use of the mobile device as an identity token. Key to this use is enabling biometric authentication on the handset to establish the identity of the user prior to initiating secure transactions.
In the U.S. very few handsets are biometric enabled. But since most devices are equipped with cameras there has been a move to use them to capture the biometrics instead of adding dedicated hardware.
WinkPass Creations did just that with its eyeD application for iPhone 4. The application uses the back facing camera on the handset to capture and then authenticate the user’s iris image.
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