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Identity Primer: Biometrics 101 Video
Our co-founder Dr. Alex Kilpatrick has a lot of experience working with biometrics. The various modalities of biometrics (face, iris and fingerprint are the most common) have different applications. This video is a broad overview of the three most popular biometric modalities and common misconceptions about them.
Identity Primer: Privacy (The Tor Browser)
The Tor Browser is designed to provide anonymous internet use. It isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers and ads can't follow you. Any cookies automatically clear when you're done browsing. Tor Browser prevents someone watching your connection from knowing what websites you visit.
Identity Primer: What are Fingerprints?
Fingerprints are the most common method for identification of criminals, and they have a long and interesting history.
Identity Primer: Retina vs. Iris Eye Biometrics
The retina is not a widely used biometric, because the process is painful and difficult. Most of the time, if you hear someone talking about retina scanning, they are actually talking about iris recognition.