A password doesn't ensure that the person logging on is the person who's authorised to access the ensuing information, and a security system based on some form of token or smartcard has other similarly fatal flaws. It's time to took a second look at biometrics.
I went flying a couple of weekends ago, across to the coast of France for a bite of lunch and back again, all courtesy of a friend with a pilot's licence. What surprised me was that the plane had n...
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