A recent survey found that password-based authentication is no longer capable of meeting the demands of modern information security, and that 84% of respondents would support eliminating passwords all together.
 

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

More than a third (38%) of Americans believe biometrics will increase their smartphone security, while 25% are skeptical and 37% don’t know.
 

Though fingerprints are assumed to be infallible personal identifiers, there has been little scientific research to prove this claim to be true.

The U.S. mobile worker population will grow at a steady rate over the next five years, increasing from 96.2 million in 2015 to 105.4 million mobile workers in 2020.

Canada will soon collect fingerprints and digital photos from all foreigners traveling on a visa.

 The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) strongly questions the TSA's exclusive use of biographic data solutions in its prospective attempt to expand the PreCheck travel screening program.

 Yahoo has unveiled a new system that can use ear and knuckle patterns to authenticate users. 

 Henan University of Technology in Henan province and Minjiang University in Fujian province have set up a facial recognition systems to monitor student absence rates.