Your eyeball is your password

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Interesting things brewing over at Google, where two recent patents show a push to operationalize new technology that lets you unlock a device using a retinal scan.
The process has three steps:
Receiving light on an iris of an eye
Detecting, at one or more light sensors disposed on or within a transparent lens covering at least a portion of the eye, light reflected from the light incident on the iris of the eye, wherein the light reflected comprises image data indicative of a pattern associated with the iris.
Outputting an iris fingerprint based in part on the image data
A related patent looks at an encoded contact lens and its application. Perhaps the days of Google Glass will be numbered, as the fashion-conscious will quickly move right to the next, obvious step.

Re: Your eyeball is your USER ID! (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-27 22:49 (#2NV)

Good god/spaghetti monster what are you going on about? Have you ever had an RFID style badge to get in to work? Have you ever used an automated toll system? A subway payment card? A general admission ticket to a concert? A freaking metal door key?

None of those things require or assume passwords, and neither do retinal scans and similar tech. Just shut up already please.
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