If your cellphone was lost or stolen wouldn’t it be great if it had some really strong security feature built into it that prevented the information on it from being seen by prying eyes? Well, it seems that someone has decided to make that wish a reality. Oki of Japan, telecommunications manufacturer, has developed software that allows the cellphones camera to act as a biometric iris-scanner making it an excellent security feature.
The software, called Iris Authentication Middleware, locks the cellphone preventing it from being used until the owner of the cellphone looks into the cellphone’s camera then unlocking the cellphone. And because it is a software based feature it can be added to existing phones.
However there are a few requirements. The cellphone’s camera must have at least a 1 megapixel resolution and the software only works on Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems.
The Iris Authentication Middleware is commercially available to cellphone network providers and phone manufacturers in Japan.
This is sounds like a excellent security feature that will hopefully make it to US soon.
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