Your Face Could Be Your Password

The Day is Coming When Your Body Will be Your Mobile Device

By James Jay Carafano

Passwords are stupid security. Jimmy Kimmel proved it.

Corporate America is frustrated with how dumb we are.  They are busy looking for other ways for you to prove that you are you-before you start using their stuff.

The most unique identifier we have is us.

American Express is looking at facial recognition.  They are busy “trying to figure out how to capture and authenticate face images accurately and quickly on a mobile device, given that facial recognition has a potential to be more secure than usernames and passwords.”

PayPal wants to be even more intrusive—and gross. How about ingesting an authenticator and carrying it in your stomach?

As these systems proliferate they blur the line between us and our machines.  And what privacy do we have left when corporations take up space in our intestines?