Point-of-Sale (POS) mobile payments where a smart phone becomes the authentication device to complete a transaction at checkout.

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Its trusted smart life solutions bring security and contactless performance to a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, mobile transactions, transport ticketing, access management, infrastructure, device authentication, RFID tagging and gaming.

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The shield would have built in encryption and authentication to protect the medical device.

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In particular the web giant is exploring hardware authentication options and experimenting with a device called YubiKey -- a USB-based token system.

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Prior to iOS 4.3 if a user entered their password to make a purchase their device would allow unlimited further sales without authentication for a 15-minute period.

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Then, after locking the device, attempting to unlock it will send you to the palm authentication screen, seen above, where (hopefully) only your mitts will be able to gain access.

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He found that commands sent to the device via a certain connection, port 9000, were accepted without any authentication.

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Each device has distinct security characteristics, which can pose significant technical challenges to authentication, but by offering a unified, comprehensive content security service, the industry can eliminate this first major hurdle to TV everywhere.

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Google wants to hand off its proposal to standards bodies in the hopes that some form of PKI-based token authentication will be widely adopted by everyone from browser manufacturers, to website owners to device makers.

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