http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/ Engadget Comments for Pay By Touch aims to bring biometric payments to web http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/2006: Criminals steal your credit card number AND fingerprint from an online database and use it to rack up charges. You can't change your fingerprint.]]>Feb 6th 2006 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/
Mr Frank sounds like my head teacher, he is a total liveregister fanboy (http://www.liveregister.co.uk/). I am not totally sure on how "datapoints" work but at school we have had cases of the register system registering people as someone else.

no offence or anything frank but you sound like a some sort of salesman (and if you are take it as a compliment).

even if pay by touch is safer, the implementation costs and problems that surrounds it would defiantly outweigh the apparent "time saving" and "security" advantages. that is without even mentioning the moral issues many people have with these systems moving us closer to a police state.]]>Feb 6th 2006 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/liveregister fanboy (http://www.liveregister.co.uk/).
I am not totally sure on how "datapoints" work but at school we have
had cases of the register system registering people as someone
else.no offence or anything frank but you sound like a some
sort of salesman (and if you are take it as a
compliment).even if pay by touch is safer, the implementation
costs and problems that surrounds it would defiantly outweigh the
apparent "time saving" and "security" advantages. that is without
even mentioning the moral issues many people have with these systems
moving us closer to a police state.]]>Feb 6th 2006 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/To steal a someones finger....or thier credit card]]>Feb 6th 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 6th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/
I'd like to awaken you to reality, here in tokyo - yesterday I got on the train to work using my mobile phone ( Mobile SuiCa, RFID ). I paid for lunch using my mobile phone ( EDY, RFID ), and also bought a DVD from an online store using my mobile phone, ( EDY, RFID ) on my laptop's EDY scanner.

This is common place here in Tokyo. It is no longer a requirement to carry around cash, coins and cards. Tens of Millions of people do this every day, not just in Japan but in Hong Kong, Korea and other places too.

Just keep in mind that your ameture security analysis is exactaly that, and let the people who make your life easier do their jobs.

Cheers.]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/1) To steal a fingerprint you are forced to get close to someone, closer than to steal a credit card number, or mail for that matter.
2) RFIDs are a brilliant idea, and cheap.
3) Finger Print USB scanners are 49.99.
4) All this "new" technology uses the same software to integrate with the financial systems as current online credit card processors.
5) The government most likely already has your prints. What good are they without legal cause to have them?
6) Simple algorithms can detect repetative usage of the same "datapoints" and notify the person.
7) Ever notice how a financial institution can find you almost anywhere even when the police can't? It works the same way when getting an ip address and tracing where something came from, inparticular a financial charge.

That 70's Show is on!
Peace]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/
Hack the fingerprint databases, set accuracy tolerances to a low percentile, yada yada yada.
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There is no way that the cheap scanners on the laptop shown will have liveness detection.

J.Frank.. please tell me i am wrong.. seeking answers here.]]>Feb 7th 2006 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/Feb 7th 2006 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/pay-by-touch-aims-to-bring-biometric-payments-to-web/
Sheila Grinell from The Tech Museum of Innovation, a DEMO partner, announced The Tech's selections for its INNY Awards.

INNYs are bestowed on DEMO innovations that will impact people's lives and reinforce The Tech's mission to inspire the innovator in everyone.

These DEMO 2006 INNY Award- winners' products will soon be available for the public to experience and explore at The Tech Museum:

* Pay By Touch and three more.

DEMO is the technology industry's premier emerging technology launch venue where investors, executives, and journalists come to discover the most significant new products and trends that will shape the marketplace in the coming 12 - 18 months.

So what exactly is DEMO 2006?

70 new technologies. 2 days. 1 place.
Rigorously screened from hundreds of technologies from around the world, you'll see only the most significant, relevant and viable.

The ones that exemplify and lead emerging trends. We do all the vetting so you can do a lot of business in a very efficient two days.

At DEMO, it's all about technology.
This is a show like no other. Each company who launches here, regardless of size, faces the same screening process. Marketing budgets must be checked at the door. It's technology vs. technology on a level field.

Hold what the future holds - literally.
Do you like to try a technology before you invest or purchase for your enterprise? DEMO puts the proof in your hands. You'll have ample opportunity to personally take an innovation through its paces. To speak directly with its creators. To know what you're holding is real.

Real technologies. Real Innovations.
What you're about to see is real. Palm launched here, as did Java and TiVo. Products from last year are being distributed nationwide by Circuit City and T-Mobile. If your goal is investment or deployment, at DEMO you'll find 70 technologies that could give you a real competitive advantage.]]>Feb 9th 2006 7:59AM