What are Biometric Applications?

by Alexander

Biometric Applications are nowadays used every day by people without probably them realizing that they are using a biometric application. I am 100% that you are reading this post on a device that has a biometric application in it. Whether it is a phone, tablet, or PC … the device you are using has definitely a biometric application in it like a fingerprint recognition app, face recognition …

What Is Biometrics? and How Does Biometrics Work?

Consumers are beginning to see a variety of advantages of utilizing biometrics as a method of authentication. The most obvious, and what most people utilize on mobile devices, is the elimination of the need to remember a password or PIN to access your device. And the other main types of biometric applications are:

1. Access Control

Access control is further divided into two subcategories

• Physical access control: Used when the user is trying to access a secure area, e.g. company, secure room, …
• Virtual access control: Used when the user attempts to access a resource or service, for example, to access a computer network or the…