6 Reasons Why Biometrics Are NOT the Way of the Future

Delta Media in latest news 0 comments 15 JUN 2016

For decades, biometrics were seen as futuristic and impractical. Only over the past decade or so has technology caught up to fantasy, bringing down the cost to a point where we can realistically start using biometric identification in everyday life. […]

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