NIST shows on-card fingerprint match is secure, speedy

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Tests show that wireless data transmission from a fingerprint reader to a match-on-card can be secure. Credit: TalbottNIST
Tests show that wireless data transmission from a fingerprint reader to a match-on-card can be secure. Credit: Talbott/NIST

A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets the standardized accuracy criteria for federal identification cards according to researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.


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