You Are Your Palm

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The day after I posted The ROI Of A Commitment To Consumer Privacy all members, The New York Times ran a story looking at a new technology rapidly gaining ground in health care – the palm reader (see When a Palm Reader Knows More Than Your Life Line). In case you haven't seen one, this machine that recognizes and records the vein pattern unique to each person. Why? For "biometric patient identification."

Biometrics are your measurable, unique physical characteristics that can be used for automated recognition of your identify – such as your fingerprints, face, iris of . . .