Biometrics for the mass market – are we ready?
Eric McDonogh · Biometric Technology Today · 2012
The last decade has seen a sharp rise in the use of biometrics. In 2011 the global market for National e-IDs achieved a turnover of nearly $7bn, while India enrolled 1.2bn people as part of its national identity scheme (UID)1. This was also the year in which Apple began talking about its own facial recognition patent2. Are biometrics about to go mainstream?