Identity Security and Device Control at the Tip of Your . . . Heartbeat?

Biometrics are sooo 2012, because the daunting task of password replacement has Toronto-based company Bionym taking sci-fi-esque authentication and access to the masses with their new biometric recognition system, a wristband called Nymi.

If you watch any spy show or movie you’ve surely seen high-level-clearance type covert operatives enter a secure room by placing their thumb, finger or palm against a fancy-looking scanner. There are also retinal or iris scanners at places like NCIS’ MTAC (Leroy Jethro Gibbs, you always have access in my world. Just sayin’) and voice recognition protocols.

But biometrics are sooo 2012, because the daunting task of password replacement has Toronto-based company Bionym taking sci-fi-esque authentication and access to the masses with their new biometric

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