Using iris scanning on your cell phone.

February 1, 2008

Oki Electric Industry company’s iris recognition software for mobile devices will change security as we know it?

 Your mobile device supplied by your employer has a GPS feature so they know where your are at and when. Before you submit your check-in, you preform an iris scan to verify you are who you say you are. Is this the future of time billing and tracking timesheets?

When I arrive at a clients site I scan myself in. When I leave a clients site I scan myself out. All by looking into my cell phone and hitting a few buttons? I have verified who I am and where I am. The information is sent to a server and the software on the server not only keeps track of my billable hours it provides my manager with a records of where I spent my time.

 For good or bad I expect this to become common in the next few years as security of information on mobile devices becomes more and more of an issue.