"The Challenge of Authenticating Real Humans in a Digital World"

Authentication is a major part of our everyday lives as we use various forms of identification such as driver’s licenses, ID cards, passwords, passcodes, and more to prove our identities offline and online. Although the process of authentication is becoming easier through the use of fingerprint readers, facial recognition systems, and other forms of biometric authentication technologies, there are still challenges pertaining to the digital authentication of an analog human’s identity. This article further discusses three main ways of proving the identity of an individual human being, the potential impacts of digital authentication on security, and future complications associated with advanced authentication.  

Homeland Security News Wire reports "The Challenge of Authenticating Real Humans in a Digital World"