Nigeria, Brazil choose fingerprint to help secure elections
A number of countries have turned to biometrics as a solution to prevent voter fraud during national elections, and they’ve met with surprising success.
California-based DigitalPersona is assisting two countries trying to maintain fair and democratic elections. Founded in 1996, DigitalPersona started with the belief that the fingerprint reader would be the next must-have computer peripheral. While that has not yet panned out, the company has found that biometrics can “guarantee secure authentication in civil identification,” explains Chris Trytten, director of product marketing for DigitalPersona.
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