Encapsulated Biometrics
Biometrics represents a special factor in the authentication process. Unlike a secret, a biometric feature is tightly bound to a physical person. The person can not deny that she carries a certain biometric characteristic. This opens the unique possibility to authenticate an uncooperative person or even to proof to an impostor his true identity. In a world where identity theft is a serious threat for whole populations, biometrics becomes the crucial factor for secure authentication.
User-controlled biometrics
The use of biometrics holds some risks for the privacy and the social live of a user. A corrupted biometric credential can severely harm a person. Therefore biometric data should never run the risk of corruption or disclosure to non-authorized instances nor is a central repository for the storage of identity credentials desired.
A privacy protecting implementation of a biometric authentication puts all biometric data data and handling, including the measurement process, into the end user's hand.
The AXSionics Internet Passport does just that - and meets legal requirements regarding data and privacy protection law.
