Thursday 12 May 2011

A Few Blogs Ago,

I mentioned how Sony had over one hundred million peoples bank details hacked, the blog was about a new phone that needed your finger print to operate it, the point I was making was that not only would the hackers (or your government) have all of your personal details and bank account numbers they would also have your finger print as well, taking this one stage further they could now also have your iris scan too, a New York-based biometric security company is set to market an iris scanner that would connect to a personal computer the next few months, the device will allow users to log into their online banking, social networks and emails - all in the blink of an eye, the Hoyos Group unveiled their new security product, dubbed the EyeLock, at the Finovate financial technology conference, amid claims that it is the first and only portable iris-scanning device for consumers, all the user then has to do to is wave the scanner in front of her eye to automatically log in to any password-protected application or website - whether that's Facebook, Twitter, PayPal or a bank account, the EyeLock will cost $99 (£60), but no release date has yet been announced, what a great way to steal some ones identity, full bank details, finger print, iris scan what more could a thief want, but fear not we have been told the iris scan is fool proof, 'every time you log in, it reads your iris and creates a unique key, which is a series of numbers, and this key changes every time you log in, so no one can hack it,' Tracy Hoyos, Hoyos Group's assistant marketing director, told CNNMoney, strange, 'so no one can hack it,' I thought that was what Sony said about all of their customers details.

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