Hammacher Schlemmer Adds Biometric Scanner as Password Replacement Tool
Hammacher Schlemmer said Tuesday it added the Eye Scanning Password Authenticator ($279) to its catalog, a device that’s designed to provide users authenticated access to secure websites “and other sensitive digital data.” The biometric device -- designed to supplant the…
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need for passwords -- has a camera that scans a user’s iris to confirm identity before granting access to secure locations, the company said. The camera scans the 240 distinctive points of a user’s iris, which make up an individual’s unique pattern, and creates an encrypted ID that can’t be forged or duplicated, the company said. Once they’re identified, users link their account information for banking and shopping sites, social media and other portals, it said. On subsequent logins, the authenticator scans the iris, verifies identity and grants access to websites, eliminating the need to type in a password, it said. The device plugs into a USB port on a PC and can provide authentication for five users.