[madalinab]

There is a bigger impact on the biometrics industry. Face recognition (because of the masks) is the most obvious one, but there are also fingerprint scanning and voice recognition which took a hit. As a viable alternative, typing biometrics could be the safe & user-friendly way to go (recognising people by the way they type). You can see more on this topic on the TypingDNA blog: https://blog.typingdna.com/covid-19-pandemic-challenges-the-...

[asdff]

I'd probably be pinned for a different person entirely if I took a typing biometric first thing in the morning and after the fifth cup of coffee

[aditzup]

That is not the case. I played around with this technology for a bit and it stores more than just one pattern in order to better understand how you type.

[totetsu]

adding this api to my dns blocklist. thank you.

[gver10]

Could you explain what's wrong with disinfecting the fingerprint scanner?

[goatinaboat]

Fingerprint scanners are legacy tech. The cool kids now are using palm vein scanners - great CER and non-contact, you just hover your hand an inch above.

[dx034]

Read about those at least a decade ago but never seen them in practice. Are they really used much?

[aditzup]

The problem is convenience. I have to press the elevator button every day. After I disinfect my hand for the 5th time that day I use the stairs. Same with the fingerprint scanner.

[jobigoud]

What about ear and retina? Are these purely sci-fi at this point?

[lvturner]

If I recall correctly several medical conditions can be detected by retinal scans, which has historically made widespread use of the technology undesirable.

EDIT: Sorry, it seems that it's more that medical conditions make it unreliable

> Certain eye-related medical conditions and diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, can render a person unable to use retina-scan technology, as the blood vessels can be obscured.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/201307/explainer-retinal-sca...

[totetsu]

https://www.anuscan.com/

[k12sosse]

SmartPipe already has a lock and key algorithm that employs your topographical anal handshake.¹

https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ

[jobigoud]

Haha! Wow, the part where there is a device down the pipe that acts as a mini laboratory, analyzes the fecal matter passing through, and sends you medical alerts on your smartphone… I could totally see this exist in the future. Identification could probably be done by sequencing the gut microbiome to avoid the camera taking pictures of your ass.

[TFortunato]

In case you missed a few months back, looks like it is becoming a reality :-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23451530

[totetsu]

But are they ISO/IEC 27001 complaint